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Billionaire Bloomberg Vetoes Living Wage Bill

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg wants to live in a better world. That’s why he vetoed a law that would have raised the minimum wage for a measly few hundred or so working New Yorkers to at least $10 an hour.

Posted on Apr 26, 2012 READ MORE | 26 COMMENTS

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The Fight for a Living Wage

Chris Rock on the true meaning of minimum wage: “If we could pay you less, we would.” Check out this NYT Magazine piece on the struggle just to get by. | story