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Mike Lee: I think it really damages people at the low end. It damages the poorest, the least educated.

On the recordJuly 14, 2014
I think it really damages people at the low end. It damages the poorest, the least educated.
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Mike Lee
Republican · Utah

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Lee argues that raising the minimum wage harms the poorest and least educated workers.

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