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Andrew Cuomo: “I raised the minimum wage to $15 an hour, which is the…”

Featuring: Andrew Cuomo, Democratic | Former Governor of New York

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Minimum wage, especially since the minimum wage is already scheduled to increase again and then is set to increase annually with inflation. Yeah, I say I raised the minimum wage to $15 an hour, which is the highest in the United States of America. Business owners said, oh, this is going to be terrible. It's going to hurt business. We're going to have to fire employees. The exact opposite happens. (2:00:37–2:00:44)

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Asserts that the minimum wage was raised to $15 an hour, the highest in the U.S.

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