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Mandela Barnes: “Minimum wage in Wisconsin is $7.25.”

Featuring: Mandela Barnes, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Wisconsin

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Candid Politics: WI Governor Candidate Mandela Barnes

Published | Video Starts at 14:13

But the idea of a trillionaire, how much money has been taken out of reach for working people for that to happen. Teachers can't even get a raise. Minimum wage in Wisconsin is $7.25. That's crazy. The federal minimum wage is still $7.25. Yet at the same time, costs continue to rise and there is less money, less spending power, less ability to be able to function and pay for basic necessities for the average working person. (14:13–14:17)

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