This Monday, Hillary Clinton proposed something no major presidential candidate ever had before: paying all disabled workers the minimum wage. At a campaign event in Madison, Wisconsin, Clinton was asked by Nikki Vander Meulen, an autistic attorney, about her position on Section 14(c), a loophole in the federal minimum wage that allows employers to gain an exemption from the minimum for workers with disabilities. Most Americans don’t even know this loophole exists, but it has been leaving disabled workers to toil in poverty for decades, and disability rights advocates like myself have made repeal a major priority for years. Clinton pledged to close it: When it comes to jobs, we've got to...
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