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Today, we are affirming that the American dream is possible for
everyone--janitors, maids, child-care workers, cashiers, bus boys, fork-lift
operators, gas station attendants--the people who clean offices at night, file
the papers, answer the phones, serve the food, cut and sew our clothes, pick
the crops, sweep the floors, care for our children, our sick and our elderly.
Next month, on the first day of October--when this legislation will go
into effect--10 million hard working Americans will get the raise they deserve.
An additional 50 cents per hour will mean the difference between buying fresh
milk and powdered milk. It will mean a warm winter coat, or books and
transportation for school. It will mean the difference between barely surviving
and getting one leg up into a better life.
A raise in the minimum wage was supported by more than 85 percent of
the American public. They know that raising the minimum wage was a simple and
fair way to make work really pay. Now, millions of low-wage workers--and their
families--know it too.
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