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Mark Pocan: “We haven't changed the minimum wage, which is a little over…”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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Know Your Candidates: Wisconsin US House District 2: Mark Pocan

Published | Video Starts at 07:43

So right now, people are just paying out of pocket, right and left. We need to reverse all of those things, but also we need to address the minimum wage. We haven't changed the minimum wage, which is a little over $7 an hour, for a long, long time. And if we do that, raise wages and lower costs, you're going to get people back to an equilibrium that works for the average Family so that they can take … (07:43–07:50)

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Asserts that the federal minimum wage has not been changed for a significant period.

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