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Illustration on the diminishing returns of the $15 minimum wage quest by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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Illustration on difficulties with tax cuts by Donna Grethen/Tribune Content Agency

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This undated photo provided by the California State Lands Commission shows Platform Holly, an oil drilling rig in the Santa Barbara Channel offshore of the city of Goleta, Calif. The platform will be decommissioned and its operator is seeking bankruptcy protection, nearly two years after the platform was idled when an onshore pipeline ruptured and spilled a massive amount of oil into the ocean, the state and Venoco LLC said Monday, April 17, 2017. (State Lands Commission via AP)

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ADVANCE FOR USE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 2017 AND THEREAFTER-David Lovewell, 59, compares the emptiness of the parking lot at the paper mill compared to when he worked there a few years earlier in Jay, Maine, Friday, March 17, 2017. "Look at this parking lot. It's just amazing. At this time of day this parking lot was absolutely full: that's people, that's jobs, that's families," said Lovewell who voted for Trump. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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FILE- In this Sunday, May 15, 2016 file photo, Chelsea's John Terry applauds to supporters after the English Premier League soccer match between Chelsea and Leicester City at Stamford Bridge stadium in London. Captain Terry is to leave Chelsea at the end of the season after spending his entire career at the London club. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

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Specialist Mario Picone, center, works with traders at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, April 17, 2017. Technology and consumer-focused stocks are leading indexes slightly higher in early trading as investors return from a long holiday weekend. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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Trader Michael Milano, right, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, April 17, 2017. Technology and consumer-focused stocks are leading indexes slightly higher in early trading as investors return from a long holiday weekend. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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Richard Scardino, center, works with fellow traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, April 17, 2017. Technology and consumer-focused stocks are leading indexes slightly higher in early trading as investors return from a long holiday weekend. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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Trader Sal Suarino, foreground, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, April 17, 2017. Technology and consumer-focused stocks are leading indexes slightly higher in early trading as investors return from a long holiday weekend. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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Trader Jeffrey Vazquez, foreground, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, April 17, 2017. Technology and consumer-focused stocks are leading indexes slightly higher in early trading as investors return from a long holiday weekend. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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Specialist Anthony Rinaldi, left, and trader Fred Demarco work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, April 17, 2017. Technology and consumer-focused stocks are leading indexes slightly higher in early trading as investors return from a long holiday weekend. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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Trader Andrew Silverman works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, April 17, 2017. Technology and consumer-focused stocks are leading indexes slightly higher in early trading as investors return from a long holiday weekend. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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Traders John Santiago, left, and Gordon Charlop confer on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, April 17, 2017. Technology and consumer-focused stocks are leading indexes slightly higher in early trading as investors return from a long holiday weekend. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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King Michael Odunayo Ajayi, right, of Nigeria's Osun state, talks with New York Stock Exchange president Tom Farley, left, as he visits the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, April 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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King Michael Odunayo Ajayi, right, of Nigeria's Osun state, is escorted by Jim Byrne, New York Stock Exchange head of U.S. listings, as he visits the trading floor of the NYSE, Monday, April 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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In this Jan. 12, 2017, photo, traders work on the Mizuho Americas trading floor in New York. Shares in Asia were mixed on Monday, April 17, 2017, after U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, on a visit to South Korea, warned that U.S. patience with Pyongyang has run out. Many global markets were closed for the Easter holidays. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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In this April 5, 2017 photo, a man walks by a building under renovation, in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Business owners are delighted by the renovation but residents of Santo Domingo's walled city are watching nervously, fearful that they will be priced out by a surge of stylish new restaurants and boutiques.(AP Photo/Tatiana Fernandez)

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As a speaker talks in the foreground, Rachel Gonzalez, back left, of Boulder, Colo., joins Becky Benedict of Erie, Colo., in waving placards during a rally and march in downtown Denver Saturday, April 15, 2017. The rally in Denver was one of dozens in cities nationwide to call on President Donald Trump to release his tax returns, saying Americans deserve to know about his business ties and potential conflicts of interest. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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Protesters carry placards during a rally and march in downtown Denver Saturday, April 15, 2017. The rally in Denver was one of dozens in cities nationwide to call on President Donald Trump to release his tax returns, saying Americans deserve to know about his business ties and potential conflicts of interest. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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A protester holds on to a different version of the American flag during a rally and march in downtown Denver Saturday, April 15, 2017. The rally in Denver was one of dozens in cities nationwide to call on President Donald Trump to release his tax returns, saying Americans deserve to know about his business ties and potential conflicts of interest. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)