My mother raised me herself, along with my six younger siblings, in Cleveland, and life wasn't easy even in the best of… — Nina Turner Copy Share Image
I have not heard almost anybody suggest that raising the minimum wage to the level we have in Vermont has been an… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
While she [Hillary Clinton] may have a - give lip service to progressive issues, she led the charge, and there she definitely… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
The gains we made in the United States that have made our country great have, in large part, been made over the… — Byron Dorgan Copy Share Image
Many Americans are feeling, you know, shut out, shut down, the great recession hasn't ended for too many Americans, wages are flat,… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
The person earning the federal minimum wage of $7.25 isn't going out to eat at restaurants. They're not taking piano lessons. They're… — Nick Hanauer Copy Share Image
[E]conomic liberty and creative entrepreneurship are the basis of any solution to today's social and economic difficulties. Blaming business, setting wages, and… — Doug Bandow Copy Share Image
Technological society leads to increasing numbers of people who cannot adapt to the inhuman rhythm of modern life with its emphasis on… — Jacques Ellul Copy Share Image
Fixing a broken immigration system. Protecting our kids from gun violence. Equal pay for equal work, paid leave, raising the minimum wage.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Raising the minimum wage and lowering the barriers to union organization would carry a trade-off - higher unemployment. A better idea is… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
Sharp increases in the minimum wage rate are also inflationary. Frequently workers paid more than the minimum gauge their wages relative to… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
“Sometimes one has to be humble enough to start at the bottom with a minimum-wage job even if you have a college… — Ben Carson Copy Share Image
This tough-love, winner-take-all narrative dominating policymaking is far too limited a way to think about how a complex, modern, diverse economy like… — John Podesta Copy Share Image
[A] family with two kids that earns the minimum wage still lives below the poverty line. That's wrong. That's why, since the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Men aren't allowed to have self-esteem, because we're already supposed to have all the power… But most men earn less than they… — Tim Allen Copy Share Image
Now, why would my supporters be supporting somebody who doesn't want to raise the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour, a… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
I would say one thing people need to do - and his is how Roosevelt's New Deal began - let us go… — Katrina vanden Heuvel Copy Share Image
“We’re taught to think of the minimum wage as a mechanism for helping people earn more. What it actually does is prevent… — Don Watkins Copy Share Image
Teddy Roosevelt supported a progressive income tax. If I am sitting pretty and you've got a waitress who is making minimum wage… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“Growing hops is one of the most labour-intensive parts of the brewing process, and all the workers, at every step of the… — Ian Marchant Copy Share Image
You [Jill Stein] also believe in a full employment policy that was the majority Democratic Party policy in 1946. They actually passed… — Ralph Nader Copy Share Image
It is no small thing for an American to be able to go into a fast-food restaurant and to buy a double… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
The American people want to raise the minimum wage. Every poll tells us that. That bill will not get to the floor… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
“More than 70 percent of the American people believe that students should have a chance at a debt-free education. • Nearly three-quarters of… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
If I thought that raising the minimum wage was the best way to help people increase their pay, I would be all… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
Minimum wage law is the 'People's Fed.' Tie minimum wage to money supply. If there is pushback against this idea, then shut… — Max Keiser Copy Share Image
I don't see the minimum wage as a fight between capital and labor, between persistent small businesses and diligent employees. I think… — Michelle Lujan Grisham Copy Share Image
Look for the enemies of Medicare, of higher minimum wages, of Social Security, of federal aid to education and there you will… — A. Philip Randolph 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
Taking the politics out of setting the minimum wage provides fairness for workers and predictability for businesses. This legislation will also protect… — Kevin Flynn Copy Share Image
You can't take a coal miner making $95,000 a year, the only work in these parts where you can support a family… — Richard Ojeda Copy Share Image
Now, legal plunder can be committed in an infinite number of ways. Thus we have an infinite number of plans for organizing… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
When we talk about the kind of folks whose lives will be made better by raising the minimum wage, we're not talking… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The concept of minimum wage is crazy, if you really stop to think about it. If $8 an hour seems right, why… — Malcolm Wallop Copy Share Image
Anyone who supported Bernie Sanders who thinks we should raise the minimum wage, who thinks that we should have universal health care… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
For food service industry and retail, I'm for the minimum wage being increased to at least $12. Not for manufacturing. Software and… — Mark Cuban Copy Share Image
Going to a movie is a two-hour experience; at $7.50 for a ticket, you are valuing your time at far less than… — Gene Siskel Copy Share Image
In my view, we need a massive federal jobs program which puts millions of our people back to work. We must end… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
Clockers" asks--almost in passing, and there's a lot more to it than this--a pretty interesting question: if you choose to work for… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
Raising the minimum wage to $10.10 will benefit about 28 million workers across the country. And it will help businesses, too -… — Thomas Perez Copy Share Image
![“While she [Hillary Clinton] may have a - give lip service to progressive issues, she led the charge, and there she definitely did, in Haiti, to push down the minimum wage from 60 cents an hour down to 40 cents an hour. She, you know, has been the good friend of the big banks forever, and the…” quote by Jill Stein](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/2c4/jill-stein-660_bigs_while-she-hillary-clinton-may-have-a-giv_1269868.jpg)
![“[E]conomic liberty and creative entrepreneurship are the basis of any solution to today's social and economic difficulties. Blaming business, setting wages, and attempting to run the economy by decree from Washington only exacerbates the problems. Consider the minimum wage. It seems so simple…” quote by Doug Bandow](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/00b/doug-bandow-38975_attempting_e-conomic-liberty-and-creative-entrepren_2586537.png)
![“[A] family with two kids that earns the minimum wage still lives below the poverty line. That's wrong. That's why, since the last time this Congress raised the minimum wage, 19 states have chosen to bump theirs even higher. Tonight, let's declare that in the wealthiest nation on Earth, no one who…” quote by Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/002/barack-obama-17_bumps_a-family-with-two-kids-that-earns-the-mi_2983577.jpg)
![“You [Jill Stein] also believe in a full employment policy that was the majority Democratic Party policy in 1946. They actually passed a law to that effect. You want to end poverty and when people see how relatively easy it is to end poverty. And one way is to increase the minimum wage: catch up…” quote by Ralph Nader](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/8dd/ralph-nader-1783_believe_you-jill-stein-also-believe-in-a-full-em_2057875.jpg)
