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Barack Obama: “Raising the minimum wage puts more money in the pockets of people who are likely to spend it.”

On the recordFebruary 13, 2013
Raising the minimum wage puts more money in the pockets of people who are likely to spend it.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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