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Over 71,000 Illinoisans will No Longer Need SNAP As A Result of Raising the Minimum Wage

New report reveals raising the minimum wage to $10.10 will save the federal government $46 billion in 10 years.

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 5, 2014.  A report released today by the Center for American Progress verifies that boosting the wages of low-wage workers through raising the minimum wage will lower government expenditures on nutrition assistance and reduce participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. Liberals and conservatives alike have long expected that raising the minimum…

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