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Alma Adams: “Working hard is not enough if you don't make enough, and on 7.25, you can't survive.”

On the recordFebruary 6, 2019
Working hard is not enough if you don't make enough, and on 7.25, you can't survive.
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Alma Adams
Democratic · North Carolina

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Adams highlights that the current minimum wage is insufficient for survival.

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