Mayra Flores: “You look at the minimum wage and you look at the cost of…”

“Because at the end of the day, most Americans are living paycheck to paycheck. And, and this, it's not a way of living. You got to have an emergency fund. Right. You look at the minimum wage and you look at the cost of living, it just doesn't match. So we have to bring down the cost of living to match the current wages. It's just not fair for the American people. And it's not that the American people are not working.” (18:21–18:26)

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