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On the recordFebruary 26, 2020
It would take a particularly sadistic boss to cut someone's salary by 50 percent and then give them a 6 percent raise and ask for praise for the raise.
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Sean Casten
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Casten criticizes the budget cuts disguised as raises in funding.

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