They have to help raise the living standards of Americans. They say, raise the minimum wage to $10.10 and you say no. Well, it would, It would reduce the number of jobs available to those people on the bottom of the economic ladder. and we would deprive them of that, that bottom rung. But listen, Betty, this shouldn't be this hard. (12:29–12:38)
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