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Ron Wright: This is not about compassion, and, indeed, it is not. In fact, what is before us today is a very poor measure of…

On the recordFebruary 6, 2019
This is not about compassion, and, indeed, it is not. In fact, what is before us today is a very poor measure of compassion.
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Ron Wright
Texas

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Wright critiques the proposed minimum wage increase as lacking genuine compassion due to potential job losses.

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