Politicians Give Living On Minimum Wage A Whirl

Nolan Feeney, Time: Politics
Mon, 07/28/2014 - 5:43pm

Former Governor of Ohio Ted Strickland said in Sunday op-ed that he tried and failed to live on the minimum wage last week as a part of the #LiveTheWage challenge. “Washington is in a bubble that keeps our representatives away from the experiences of those they actually represent,” Strickland wrote in Politico Magazine.

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