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Raising the Minimum Wage: A Win-Win for New Jersey

Deborah Howlett | Posted 05.05.2012

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Deborah Howlett

Can you imagine trying to pay the bills and save for the future on $15,080 a year? That's all a minimum wage job in New Jersey brings in. The plain truth is that a minimum wage increase would benefit all of us, without harming business.

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Majority Of Americans Support Raising The Minimum Wage

Posted 01.09.2012

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The majority of Americans say they support raising the minimum wage -- by a lot. More than two-thirds of Americans say lawmakers should raise the ...

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Scapegoating the Minimum Wage

Christine L. Owens | Posted 05.25.2011

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Christine L. Owens

It wouldn't be the holidays if we didn't have grinches. In the spirit of the season, this week we saw calls to lower the federal minimum wage thinly disguised as a way to help the economy.

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