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Wes Moore: “We raised a minimum wage because I don't think that people…”

Featuring: Wes Moore, Democratic | Governor of Maryland

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Published | Video Starts at 17:09

I think you're pro both. And that's the thing. You saw the Bill Clinton false choice. It is, though. It is. I mean, like a false choice. We raised a minimum wage because I don't think that people should be working multiple jobs and still living at or below a poverty line. We gave the middle class a tax cut. We made sure we had things like family and paid family and paid medical for our people. And, you know, we also did. (17:09–17:15)

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Asserts that the minimum wage was raised to prevent people from living at or below the poverty line.

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