I have no issue with raising minimum wage, but then the customer can't say to us, 'Why are you raising your prices?' — Tilman J. Fertitta Copy Share Image
If I hadn't gotten into the entertainment business, I would be probably making minimum wage still. — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
“I'm sorry, Mr. Whiteleaf. I'm not going to let a monster eat me for minimum wage.” — A. Lee Martinez Copy Share Image
I have serious concerns with the discussion around minimum wage because it drives up costs, and it could harm jobs. — Thom Tillis Copy Share Image
Minimum wage laws have never worked in terms of having the middle class attain more prosperity. — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
Plain and simple, Congress must act to meet the needs of our constituents. We can do that by strengthening families, increasing the… — Paul Tonko Copy Share Image
Unskilled and inexperienced workers are the ones most often deprived of employment opportunities by increases in the minimum wage. — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
I don't have any tech skills; I don't have any coding skills. If I'd been trying to get a job as a… — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image
The liberal paradigm of regulation and license has led to a society where an 18-year-old girl has the right to public fornication… — Irving Kristol Copy Share Image
I do not support raising the minimum wage, and the reason is as follows. When the minimum wage is raised, workers are… — John Sununu Copy Share Image
I think the right-wingers have to buddy up to the fact that either the minimum wage has to go up, and people… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
If you're fighting against a minimum wage increase, you're fighting an uphill battle, because most Americans, even most Republicans, are okay with… — Frank Luntz Copy Share Image
The difference between the very wealthy and the working poor has grown. We raise that minimum wage and we move forward with… — Barbara Boxer Copy Share Image
I want us to invest in you. I want us to invest in your future. That means jobs in infrastructure, in advanced… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
These are the now-endangered markers of a civilized society: legally ordained minimum wages, child labor laws, workers safety and compensation laws, pure… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
But can we please stop insisting that if low-wage workers earn a little bit more, unemployment will skyrocket and the economy will… — Nick Hanauer Copy Share Image
The beauty of our democracy lies in the American value of equality: if you vote, you have a seat at the table.… — Christine Pelosi Copy Share Image
“Freedom fighters, as Fink labeled the donors, needed to explain to American voters that their opposition to programs for the poor did… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
If Democrats are not showing up in those [rural] places even if you're not gonna win right away but if you're not… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Whether it's raising the minimum wage, fixing our broken immigration system or supporting an economic climate that gives our businesses that chance… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I know firsthand that many employers who comply with other labor standards still hire the undocumented. Many businesses pay the minimum wage… — Maria Echaveste Copy Share Image
A general flat minimum-wage law for all industry is permissible, but I do not think that it is a particularly wise method… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
“Donna to the policewoman: Don't you touch this car! The Doctor watching: She's not changed. Wilfred: Oh. There he is. Shawn Temple.… — Russell T Davies Copy Share Image
The Fed cannot reduce inequality on its own; far from it. This requires a concerted effort by the government, broadly speaking, to… — Gerald Epstein Copy Share Image
“The split has widened because the right has moved right, not because the left has moved left. Republican presidents Eisenhower, Nixon, and… — Arlie Russell Hochschild Copy Share Image
“The irony is that only by a particularly narrow definition does a Walmart job get you off welfare - as a matter… — Laura Briggs Copy Share Image
To the second end, we hold that minimum wage commissions should be established in the Nation and in each State to inquire… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“Liberals including James Tobin, Paul Samuelson, and John Kenneth Galbraith and conservatives like Milton Friedman and Friedrich Hayek have all advocated income… — Erik Brynjolfsson Copy Share Image
In short, what the living wage is really about is not living standards, or even economics, but morality. Its advocates are basically… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
I will advocate moving the Illinois minimum wage back to the national minimum wage. — Bruce Rauner Copy Share Image
President Obama has made a minimum wage increase a focal point of his economic agenda. — Thomas Perez Copy Share Image
There's no question raising the minimum wage excessively causes a loss of jobs. — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
Let's also, my friends, let's raise the minimum wage and support the 5 for 15 so you don't live in poverty. — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
What I want to do is create jobs that make the minimum wage irrelevant. — Thom Tillis Copy Share Image
I am convinced that the minimum-wage law is the most anti-Negro law on our statute books in its effect, not its intent. — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Luxury, like a minimum wage, is a relationship; it changes as we change. — Vida Dutton Scudder Copy Share Image
I was raised by a single mother who raised children on minimum wage. — Ritchie Torres Copy Share Image