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http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/08/minimum-wage-steve-forbes-wrong

To keep from getting "smacked around by President Obama and congressional Democrats", instead of "passively taking a hit", Republicans should gin up their spin machine to portray a minimum wage increase as a job-killer. Hold House hearings, he says, and parade out people who will say they were hurt by the last minimum wage increase. Do they really think those House witch hunt hearings still have any credibility? In case they do, here's a big red flag for Forbes and any Republicans who may be listening to his advice: the public doesn't buy your argument.

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