Yesterday afternoon at the University of Michigan, President Obama explained the critical importance of raising the national minimum wage.
"Raising the minimum wage is not going to solve all of our economic challenges," the President said in his remarks. "But here's one thing we do believe: Nobody who works full-time should be raising their family in poverty, right? If you're working, if you're responsible, you should be able to pay the rent, pay the bills."
Yet millions of working Americans currently can't afford those basics. "All across the country," he said, "you can work full-time on the minimum wage and still be in poverty."
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