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On the recordFebruary 3, 2021
But even those businesses that don't struggle because they find other ways to adapt, that doesn't change the fact that the least skilled, least experienced, most vulnerable workers in society are going to pay an enormous cost for the minimum wage increase up to $15.
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Jim Jordan
Republican · Ohio

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Jordan discusses the negative impact of raising the minimum wage on vulnerable workers.

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