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  GOP Rep. Tells Constituent Who Asks About Raising The Minimum Wage To ‘Get A Job’
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News DateThursday, July 5, 2012 10:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionCONSTITUENT: Hi, I’m (inaudible) how are you? Happy Fourth of July. Jesse Jackson, Jr. is passing a bill around to increase the minimum wage to 10 bucks and hour. Do you support that?

YOUNG: Probably not.

CONSTITUENT: 10 bucks, that would give us a living wage.

YOUNG: How about getting a job?

CONSTITUENT: I do have one.

YOUNG: Well, then why do you want that benefit? Get a job.
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