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Friday, October 10th, 2014

Why We Need to Raise the Minimum Wage, in Less Than Two Minutes:

You've heard the President call on Congress to raise the national minimum wage to $10.10. Here's why that's so important, and who it would help -- in less than two minutes. You just might be surprised by what you didn't know. Pass this one on.

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