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How long does it take for a person earning $15 an hour to make enough to cover the average family’s expenses?

An early version of President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan called for raising the federal minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $15 an hour. The proposal was cut from the final law.

But raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour would still fall short of covering the average US family’s annual expenses.

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