Sanders minimum wage bill would reduce poverty by 400,000 but also kill 700,000 jobs: CBO

A minimum wage proposal by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) would cut the number of impoverished people by hundreds of thousands but cause even more lost jobs, according to a new analysis from Congress's scorekeeper.

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