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Latest Taxpayer Minute Takes On Trenton's Proposed Minimum Wage Hike!

May 14, 2012

A proposal in Trenton would hike NJ’s minimum wage from $7.25 to $8.50 an hour, the highest on the East Coast and 3rd highest in the nation. But this minimum wage hike will do nothing for our economy while hurting the very low income workers the bill’s supporters claim they want to help. There is a better way to achieve prosperity and lift the wages of all workers: limit the size of government and return to the principles of economic freedom!

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