From CBC:
Economists differ on whether raising the minimum wage is the right tool to help out lower-income families. … A distinction needs to be made between low-wage workers and low-income families, says David Neumark, an economics professor and director of the Center for Economics Public Policy at the University of California, Irvine.
 
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