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Rush Holt: Minimum wage has lost considerable buying power. It is not indexed to inflation.

On the recordMarch 25, 2014
Minimum wage has lost considerable buying power. It is not indexed to inflation.
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Rush Holt
New Jersey

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Holt discusses the decline in minimum wage purchasing power and its implications.

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