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On the recordMarch 13, 2013
Had the minimum wage grown at the same pace of incomes going to the top 1 percent of the taxpayers, the minimum wage would have stood at $33 an hour before the recession in 2007.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Warren highlights the disparity in wage growth compared to top earners.

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