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Gwen Moore: “We need a minimum wage increase. We have got to stop pretending that we can just live off of nothing.”

On the recordMarch 22, 2021
We need a minimum wage increase. We have got to stop pretending that we can just live off of nothing.
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Gwen Moore
Democratic · Wisconsin

Editor's note · Context

Moore emphasized the necessity of raising the minimum wage to combat poverty.

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