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Quinn blasts Brady for suggesting minimum wage cut

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[June 29, 2010]  SPRINGFIELD -- Gov. Pat Quinn is criticizing his Republican opponent for suggesting the minimum wage should be lower.

HardwareThe state's minimum wage is set to go up to $8.25 Thursday. State Sen. Bill Brady said last week it should be in line with the federal wage -- $7.25.

Quinn said Monday that Brady is wrong, because people who work hard should not have to live in poverty. He referred to Brady as a "millionaire" who doesn't pay any taxes.

Brady is a Bloomington businessman who owed no federal taxes because he lost more than $100,000 in 2008 and had an income of $119,000 in 2009.

Brady spokeswoman Patty Schuh said Monday that Illinois' minimum wage is higher than bordering states -- and so is its unemployment rate.

[Associated Press]

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