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Elizabeth Warren: “What happened to the other $14.75? It sure did not go to the worker.”

On the recordMarch 13, 2013
What happened to the other $14.75? It sure did not go to the worker.
Said by
Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Warren questions the distribution of wealth as minimum wage lags behind productivity.

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