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Chris Murphy: “A minimum wage increase to $17 is not enough. Right. People…”

Featuring: Chris Murphy, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Connecticut

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Katie's One-on-One with Senator Chris Murphy

Published | Video Starts at 33:04

We should be for as a party, a constitutional amendment to ban billionaire, corporate and anonymous money from our politics. Right. That's what we should be for as a party. A minimum wage increase to $17 is not enough. Right. People need a $25 minimum wage at least to live in this country. And we should tell people that we are going to be for a wage that allows you to work 40 hours a week and actually have leisure time. (33:04–33:12)

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Asserts that the minimum wage should be increased to at least $25 for a livable income.

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