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Abolish the Minimum Wage?

William Frey
William Frey  |  October 13, 2010 10:10 AM
He's certainly no Milton Friedman, but West Virginia Senate candidate John Raese makes an interesting point about the Federal minimum wage:

"The minimum wage is something that FDR put in place a long time ago during the Great Depression. I don't think it worked then. It didn't solve any problems then and it hasn't solved any problems in 50 years," Raese told ABC News.