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Bernie Sanders: “If your minimum wage goes up, you're going to lose food stamps, you may lose part of the earned income tax credit.”

On the recordJune 24, 2013
If your minimum wage goes up, you're going to lose food stamps, you may lose part of the earned income tax credit.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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Senator Sanders discusses the potential drawbacks of raising the minimum wage.

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