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Christina Hines: “Minimum wage, seven hospital, like a big Mac meal with the…”

Featuring: Christina Hines, Democratic | Candidate, U.S. House Michigan, 10th Congressional District

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The Silent Majority Podcast Ep. 4 Featuring Christina Hines

Published | Video Starts at 41:21

Fundamental chance. Yeah, fundamental chance. You know, and even like just looking at something as similar as minimum wage, you know, like 40 years ago, when, you know, Minimum wage, seven hospital, like a big Mac meal with the prize, with the true cost, like seven bucks. Right now it's the same, but everything costs so much more. People cannot get by on anymore. And when you start having parents that are both working too fast, just then they're thinking to get by. (41:21–41:33)

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Asserts that the minimum wage has not kept pace with the cost of living.

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