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Joe Crowley: A just wage enables human beings to have adequate access to all the other goods which are destined for our common use.

On the recordJune 24, 2015
A just wage enables human beings to have adequate access to all the other goods which are destined for our common use.
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Joe Crowley
Democratic · New York

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Crowley advocates for raising the minimum wage, citing Pope Francis on the importance of a just wage.

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