I say we need to increase the minimum wage to a livable wage. We need to protect workers' rights and jobs. We need to decrease taxes on middle and low income families, and we need to encourage not just personal responsibility but corporate responsibility, too.
Cleo Fields: “I say we need to increase the minimum wage to a livable wage. We need to protect workers' rights and jobs. We need to…”
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Advocating for increasing the minimum wage and protecting workers' rights.
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