I think it is inflationary. I think it actually is counterproductive in many ways. You end up costing jobs from people who… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
I thought in this country, the best social program was a job. Yet minimum wage jobs arent paying enough to keep families… — Barbara Mikulski Copy Share Image
House Republican leadership have refused to allow a clean minimum wage vote. Close to 15 million Americans will be affected if we… — Bill Pascrell Copy Share Image
President [Barack] Obama - he was unsuccessful in his efforts to raise the federal minimum wage, but he still used the Labor… — Rachel Martin Copy Share Image
Every economist knows that minimum wages either do nothing or cause inflation and unemployment. That's not a statement, it's a definition. — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
As a one nation government on the side of working people we are determined that everyone who is entitled to the National… — Nick Boles Copy Share Image
Federal laws, including those that made so many people immigrate without documents, gutted the enforcement power of the Department of Labor and… — Rinku Sen Copy Share Image
“It freaks me out they're sort of involved, and yet, one day, Viv's stepmom is going to order Henley to kill Viv."… — Sarah Cross Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, the real minimum wage is always zero, regardless of the laws, and that is the wage that many workers receive in… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Of course, such judicial misconstruction theoretically can be cured by constitutional amendment. But the period of gestation of a constitutional amendment, or… — Robert H. Jackson Copy Share Image
We'd certainly have paid leave already by now, we'd have equal pay, we'd have a living minimum wage - a lot of… — Kirsten Gillibrand Copy Share Image
But I also want to give them a pathway so that they can earn citizenship, earn a legal status, start learning English,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Stop saying athletes do it for the love of the game. They do it for the love of their 32-room mansion with… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
“Seeing no better jobs on the horizon than flipping hamburgers with so much grease it would make Portugal, Italy, and Spain jealous,… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
I wrote a script - a script about a guy working on the automobile assembly line; I never could get money for… — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
To everyone in this Congress who still refuses to raise the minimum wage, I say this: If you truly believe you could… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Yet it ought to be clear that a minimum wage law is, at best, a limited weapon for combatting the evil of… — Henry Hazlitt Copy Share Image
“Minimum wage increases. The Nobel Prize economist Milton Friedman has observed that the minimum wage is "one of the most ... anti-black… — David Horowitz Copy Share Image
I eat excellent bread, clean meat, good crisp veggies, organic fruits and nice wine and cheese. It is one of the things… — Rachael Taylor Copy Share Image
Higher minimum wages, full-employment programs, early-childhood education: Those kinds of programs are, by design, universal, but by definition, because they are helping… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
You can't lift people out of poverty simply by tweaking the tax system, or by raising the minimum wage by a few… — Sasha Abramsky Copy Share Image
Raising minimum wage doesn't just benefit the workers behind me, it creates a proven ripple effect that increases wages all the way… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
Why, when the economist gives advice to his society, is he so often cooly ignored? He never ceases to preach free trade,… — George Stigler Copy Share Image
My mom worked at McDonald's, and she decided she wanted to make more money, so she got into the management program at… — Raul Labrador Copy Share Image
Now, California is a big state, we're a very diverse state, full of diverse communities with local variations in the cost of… — Alex Padilla Copy Share Image
What Bernie Sanders is calling for is incredibly important. Things like a $15/hour minimum wage, single-payer healthcare, taxing the rich, and free… — Kshama Sawant Copy Share Image
It's not enough just to be in a panic. We don't have the luxury to be depressed about Trump. We have to… — Susan Sarandon Copy Share Image
A lot of Democrats have said that raising the minimum wage is both good economics and good politics. The nonpartisan CBO issued… — S. E. Cupp Copy Share Image
President Obama believes that income inequality is one of the most pressing matters facing the nation. If we are going to be… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I know how to create and make people feel something. Honestly, if I didn't do this, I would just have some minimum-wage… — Freddie Prinze, Jr Copy Share Image
I think changing the Democratic Party platform [at the convention] is a great place to start. It should include expanding Social Security,… — Ben Wikler Copy Share Image
Regulate the banks, get money out of elections; raise the minimum wage, environmental issues. They're all very important and the Occupy movement… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
This [minimum wage] legislation, passed by the 81st Congress at its first session, is an important addition to the laws we live… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
Teddy Kennedy's big new idea is to wheel out his 18th proposal to raise the minimum wage. He's been doing this since… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
“There is another possible demand along this line that directly undercut the economic power of the capitalists: reducing hours of labor. Hours… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Well, jobs are a great thing. You have to be a bit careful: If you raise the minimum wage, you’re encouraging labor… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The NHS was hard to deliver, so was the minimum wage. It's time now - we need to have a proper conversation… — Jess Phillips Copy Share Image
I think that if it is.. has to do with global warming, or if it has to do with raising the minimum… — Arnold Schwarzenegger Copy Share Image
Raising the minimum wage represents a substantial financial burden for employers, particularly start-ups, early stage companies, and family-owned businesses. In response, business… — Fabrizio Moreira Copy Share Image
The answers to feeding hungry children is not fewer dollars to feed hungry children, it's to do more. It is to raise… — Martin O'Malley Copy Share Image
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