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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “When you index it, it should be higher now.”

Featuring: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democratic | U.S. House, New York, District 14

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And I mean, people are struggling so much right now. Fifteen bucks an hour is nothing. This was the demand ten years ago, to be honest. When you index it, it should be higher now. and it is nothing. And what people hear when. When there's all of these senators voting against it with all of these excuses of, like, oh, well, how is it going to impact business? (20:11–20:14)

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Asserts that the minimum wage should be higher than $15 when adjusted for inflation.

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