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In States Where Tipped Workers Make Minimum Wage, Not The Lower Minimum Wage, Guess What Happens?

A very simple chart with a very simple truth: Moving tipped workers to actual minimum wage instead of the sub-minimum (and inhuman) $2.13 wage that’s been around for over 20 years gets people out of poverty. Ahem.

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