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Elizabeth Warren: “When productivity increases, when profits increase, is there a reason that the minimum wage should not increase as well?”

On the recordMarch 13, 2013
When productivity increases, when profits increase, is there a reason that the minimum wage should not increase as well?
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Warren questions the relationship between productivity, profits, and minimum wage increases.

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