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Obama Pushes for Increase in Federal Minimum Wage
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President Obama's call for boosting the minimum wage from $7.25 to $9.00 in his 2013 State of the Union address designed to lift millions out of poverty.
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France boosted the minimum wage in June 2012 to increase consumer spending.
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