Raise the Floor
Time to Boost the Minimum Wage: A Progressive Populist Preview
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Raise the Floor: Time to Boost the Minimum Wage
A single parent with two children needs to earn more than $100,000 to get by in the Trenton, N.J., area, or nearly $50 an hour before taxes.
The figure for the Des Moines area is almost $75,000,…
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