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Memo to Congress: The Working Poor Need a Raise
http://www.alternet.org/story/44906/

Fed up after watching the minimum wage stagnate at poverty level for nearly a decade, a growing number of states are introducing their own pay raises with cost-of-living adjustments. Congress should follow their lead.
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