Tim Ryan: “Making barely minimum wage. I have to quit my job because I cannot…”

On the recordJuly 10, 2006

Making barely minimum wage. I have to quit my job because I cannot afford the gas prices as they are. I am better off going on welfare and registering for Medicaid. We have a system that is going against people who want to work. We want to incentivize that. And in the first 100 days, it will be amazing what the Democratic Party can do.

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