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Elizabeth Warren: “I've said many times that in a nation as rich as ours, no one who works for a living and puts in a full day's work…”

On the recordJune 24, 2013
I've said many times that in a nation as rich as ours, no one who works for a living and puts in a full day's work should have to live in poverty, be unable to put food on the table, pay their bills, keep up with the rent.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Warren emphasizes the moral obligation to ensure living wages for workers.

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