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JB Pritzker: “$7.25 minimum wage on a federal level. No one can live on…”

Featuring: JB Pritzker, Democratic | Governor of Illinois

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American Conversations: Illinois Governor JB Pritzker

Published | Video Starts at 40:41

And how long have we talked about, Gee, I think Harry Truman was talking about universal healthcare. There you go. So, I mean, but we need to do it finally. So how about if we make a list? $7.25 minimum wage on a federal level. No one can live on that. We should have raised the minimum wage long ago. That should be number one on the list. Number two is universal healthcare or whatever order you want to put these in. (40:41–40:46)

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Asserts that the federal minimum wage of $7.25 is insufficient for living.

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