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Romney: No need to raise the minimum wage
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney said Monday that he was against raising the federal minimum wage, which is currently $7.25 per hour. The Republican presidential candidate had previously said that he supported automatic increases in the federal minimum wage based on inflation. “A lot of conservatives led by the Wall…
Busted! RNC chair can’t name minimum wage, complains of ‘trap’
Republicans claim to be the party for working class whites, and in fact a new poll says as much today. But Tuesday the chairman of the Republican National Committee proved that he may not be as in touch with working class Americans as he would like you to think. In…
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