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Sherrod Brown: “It simply says that businesses that pay good wages of $15 an hour and provide benefits and do not outsource their jobs…”

On the recordSeptember 18, 2017
It simply says that businesses that pay good wages of $15 an hour and provide benefits and do not outsource their jobs and buy American, basically, that those companies would get a tax cut.
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Sherrod Brown
Democratic · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Brown discusses the Patriot Employer Tax Credit Act to incentivize fair wages.

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