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Mar 2021
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ICYMI - Let's Get Fiscal: America's Mini...

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The Senate Parliamentarian drops a minimum wage hike from the latest COVID-19 relief bill, and Trevor examines why America's minimum wage has remained effectively stagnant since the 1980s. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit pod ... Show More
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