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Elizabeth Warren: “The sky did not fall because we guaranteed workers a minimum level of basic economic security.”

On the recordMarch 11, 2014
The sky did not fall because we guaranteed workers a minimum level of basic economic security.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Warren argues that raising the minimum wage has not harmed the economy.

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