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Journalist Rick Wartzman on Walmart: Good Intentions Are Not Enough

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The American People's Wage Crisis

I think the American people have a fundamental sense, again, whatever their politics, that this country has a wage crisis somewhere between 25 and 40 percent of the labor force. We've seen it actually. Every minimum wage measure that is gone on a state ballot, and this is in blue states and red states has passed. Even for good people at a well-intentioned company, somebody's getting less money if workers are getting more.

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