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Time should have to live in poverty and raise the federal minimum wage to $9 an hour. >> and to that effect, some good news came early this year. >> happy new year new york. >> many march, 2013, they raised the minimum wage to $8 per hour starting in 2014. the wage would continue to rise incrementally to $9 by 2016. >> current minimum wage is unliveable. it's only $14,616. >> new york will join 19 other states in d.c. with minimum wages above the federal minimum. connecticut and california passed similar laws in may and campaigns to raise the minimum wage have kicked off in several more. in io...

>> tonight, let's declare that in the wealthiest nation on earth, no one who works full time should have to work in poverty and raise the federal minimum wage to $9 an hour. >> and to that effect, some good news came early this year. >> happy new year new york. >> in march of 2013, new york state passed legislation increasing the state minimum wage to $8 per hour in 2014. the raise would incrementally continue to rise by 2016. >> current minimum wage is unliveable. it's only $14,616. >> new york will join 19 other states in d.c. with minimum wages above the federal minimum. connecticut and cal...