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And most of them are immigrants. fairly reforming immigration will significantly reduce hunger and poverty in america. thats a very important point thats been missed in this debate. ? and stimulate the economies in the ways weve talked about a stimulation that happens from raising the minimum wage, putting those folks on the books, earning minimum wage positions and without the kind of wage that we see and paying tacks. phillip agnew and ovik roy, thank you both for being here. phillip, thanks f...

Cleared to do as many hours a week as they need to for this job but who can get paid legally $2.25 less an hour than you can as an adult. teenagers in maine would get paid the subminimum wage for six months before theyd be able to graduate to the regular minimum wage. so at day 179, before you kick over into that 7 1/2 bucks an hour gold standard real minimum wage, at day 179 of your kid-sized subminimum wage in maine presumably you could expect to get fired so some other child laborer could be ...

Over into that 7 1/2 bucks an hour gold standard real minimum wage, at day 179 of your kid-sized subminimum wage in maine presumably you could expect to get fired so some other child laborer could be brought along to do that job that adults used to be hired to do but now governor lepage says it should be done cheaper because it should be done by children. i spent way too much of my day today reading the comments sections of mainers responding to this in their local newspapers. its sort of an ins...

You are now competing against high school kids who are being cleared to do as many hours a week as they need to for this job but who can get paid legally $2.25 less an hour than you can as an adult. teenagers in maine would get paid the subminimum wage for six months before theyd be able to graduate to the regular minimum wage. so at day 179, before you kick over into that 7 1/2 bucks an hour gold standard real minimum wage, at day 179 of your kid-sized subminimum wage in maine presumably you co...