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Minimum Wage and the Presidential Campaign

Raising the federal minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $12 would lift pay for 35 million workers (and their children), or 1 in 4 employees nationwide.Income for the median household has fallen 2.4% since 1999, despite a big gain in 2015.The U.S. still had fewer middle-income jobs than it did before the recession.It’s not…