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At the current $5.15 an hour, the federal minimum wage has become a poverty wage. A full-time worker with one child lives below the official poverty line.
Bernie Sanders
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The federal minimum wage is insufficient for workers to support themselves and their families.

Bernie Sanders highlights the inadequacy of the federal minimum wage, emphasizing that at just $5.15 an hour, it fails to provide a living wage. This statistic reveals that even a full-time worker with a child cannot escape poverty, underscoring a significant socioeconomic issue that affects millions of families who struggle to meet basic needs despite working full-time.

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Minimum WagePovertyWorkersLiving WageEconomics

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During a speech on economic reform, I would quote Sanders to illustrate the urgent need for minimum wage increases.

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