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Blaine Luetkemeyer: “The minimum wage is a wage destroyer, it is a small business knife in the back.”

On the recordFebruary 9, 2021
The minimum wage is a wage destroyer, it is a small business knife in the back.
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Blaine Luetkemeyer
Republican · Missouri

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Luetkemeyer expresses strong opposition to the minimum wage increase, citing negative impacts on small businesses.

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