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Robert Wirch: “All of the states around Wisconsin have a higher minimum…”

Featuring: Robert Wirch, Democratic | Wisconsin State Senate, District 22

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Interview with Senator Robert Wirch

Published | Video Starts at 05:02

They made it harder to get unemployment compensation, harder to get earned income tax credit, harder to get homestead. They refused to give us even a hearing on raising the minimum wage. All of the states around Wisconsin have a higher minimum wage than Wisconsin. Republicans think $7.25 an hour is a good living wage and they thumb their nose at the people of Wisconsin. Why do I say that? (05:02–05:08)

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Asserts that neighboring states have a higher minimum wage than Wisconsin.

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