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Can you survive on 7. 25 . Good afternoon, im christine romans. This is your money. That swach a reality for 1. 6 million americans, another 17 million earn only slightly more. These are the people who prepare your food, clean your offices and stock the shelves at your local supermarket. If president obama gets his way, those workers will get a raise. Now, the minimum wage today buys 20 less than 50 years ago. The white house wants to trays from 7. 25 to 10. 10 an hour. Some republicans and Business Leaders say raising the minimum wage will hurt the very people its supposed to help. Liberals stay will lift nearly 1 Million People out of poverty. Both sides this week seized on a new report from the congressional budget office. Heres what republicans see. They say employers will be forced to raise prices at the checkout. That would hurt consumers. Or they do cut hours. That could hurt their employees. And in some cases they could be forced to cut jobs. Just how many . Around 500,000 jobs

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