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Tim Scott: “One is that you are going to destroy jobs. We have all heard a couple of times the fact that between 500,000 and 900,000…”

On the recordMarch 11, 2014
One is that you are going to destroy jobs. We have all heard a couple of times the fact that between 500,000 and 900,000 jobs will be destroyed.
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Tim Scott
Republican · South Carolina

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Scott warns that raising the minimum wage could lead to significant job losses.

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