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Mike Lee: “But if low-paying jobs are the ones that are most threatened, most potentially threatened by automation, doesn't raising…”

On the recordMarch 1, 2016
But if low-paying jobs are the ones that are most threatened, most potentially threatened by automation, doesn't raising the minimum wage just raise the cost of low-skilled work and incentivize employers to accelerate the process of automating these jobs?
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Mike Lee
Republican · Utah

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Lee questions the impact of raising minimum wage on low-skilled jobs and automation.

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