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8/26 Ruy Teixeira: Raise The Minimum Wage Now!

August 26, 2013

The Center For American Progress’s Ruy Teixeira: explained why raising the minimum wage is overwhelmingly popular, how the minimum wage splits the Republican coalition, how Democrats can can win on this issue and the importance of progressive economics for Democratic success.

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