Birds Books and BullshitThe chronic stress that accompanies poverty can be detected at the cellular level. One study found that up to 5500 premature deaths that occurred in New York City, from 2008 to 2012, could have been prevented if the city's minimum wage had been $15/h during that time instead of just over $7/h.
A higher minimum wage is an antidepressant. It is a sleep aid, a stress reliever.
–Poverty, by America
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