Barack Obama and Kay Hagan think that the minimum wage needs to be the same in the mountains of North Carolina and… — Thom Tillis Copy Share Image
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
President Obama wants Congress to increase the minimum wage. Believe me, when it comes to doing the minimum for their wage, Congress… — Jay Leno 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
Every single thing I've done, from the Affordable Care Act to pushing to raise the minimum wage, to making sure that young… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In my first 100 days, I'll work with both parties to make the biggest investment in good-paying jobs in decades. We'll also… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
We're telling small-business owners that not only are we going to raise their costs by a buck and a quarter, but we're… — Chris Christie Copy Share Image
Over the last 10 years a huge amount has been achieved in getting people into work. Measures such as the New Deal,… — Lucy Powell Copy Share Image
People will say 'how can you have a plane when your workers are on minimum wage?' I said 'but I don't set… — Mike Ashley Copy Share Image
After finishing art school I was applying to stores like Home Depot and Walmart. You know, places where you have to take… — Marcel Dzama Copy Share Image
Liberals state that many teenagers would rather sell crack for $100 an hour than to flip hamburgers for a minimum wage. Using… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
A minimum-wage law, a law that prevents employers and employees from entering into mutually beneficial economic exchanges, is as far from a… — Jacob G. Hornberger Copy Share Image
If you want to be backed by corporations so that you're elected mayor, then it's going to be very problematic for you… — Amber Hollibaugh Copy Share Image
A liberal is a person who sees a fourteen-year-old girl performing sex acts onstage and wonders if she's being paid minimum wage. — Irving Kristol Copy Share Image
“That left Jeb to work for whatever the bosses offered under the National Right to Work Act--the minimum wage having been abolished--enough… — Karl Taro Greenfeld Copy Share Image
I worked at McDonald's. I cooked. It was one of the toughest jobs I've ever had. These people earn every single penny… — Keith Ellison Copy Share Image
Once again, the Republicans in the Senate have rejected an increase in the minimum wage. They support tax breaks for multi-millionaires, but… — Mark Dayton Copy Share Image
I was at the forefront of the effort to pass $15 minimum wage in Seattle, and have been collaborating with the people… — Nick Hanauer Copy Share Image
This is a sensible response to employer concerns that the minimum wage is starting to have a damaging impact on competitiveness. — Digby Jones, Baron Jones of Birmingham Copy Share Image
I think the minimum wage outght to keep pace with inflation. I think the minimum wage is a good thing to have… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
Today, the Federal minimum wage purchases less than it has at any point in the last 50 years. Let me repeat: The… — Alcee Hastings Copy Share Image
I grew up working for the minimum wage at Hardee's and knows first hand how important the minimum wage is. I support… — Joni Ernst Copy Share Image
I thought in this country, the best social program was a job. Yet minimum wage jobs aren't paying enough to keep families… — Barbara Mikulski Copy Share Image
If you look at the future of the Democratic Party, things like raising the minimum wage - Democrats need to get behind… — Pramila Jayapal Copy Share Image
One of the great constraints on economic growth and employment is that the tax and benefits system has grown up over generations… — Jacob Rees-Mogg Copy Share Image
I remember the $0.05 hamburger and a $0.40-per-hour minimum wage, so I've seen a tremendous amount of inflation in my lifetime. Did… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
We know of no more crucial civil rights issue facing Congress today than the need to increase the federal minimum wage and… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Emotional appeals about working families trying to get by on $4.25 an hour [the minimum wage in 1996] are hard to resist.… — Tom DeLay Copy Share Image
Instead of focusing on this sort of defeatist mentality where we've gotta up the minimum wage, why don't we focus on creating… — Thom Tillis Copy Share Image
We need to see the FLSA and the minimum wage as part of a larger struggle to cut poverty and to address… — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
Regardless of what the minimum wage is, you really have the market wage. And if we're not taking care of our people,… — John Schnatter Copy Share Image
Most poor people earn more than minimum wage when they are working; their problem is not low wages. The problem comes when… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
You cannot be against a raise in the minimum wage and for cutting government assistance and still say that you are worried… — Ron Crumpton Copy Share Image
I want us to raise the national minimum wage, because people who live in poverty should not - who work full-time should… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Even a wizard would have a great deal of difficulty repealing the economic law that higher minimum wages reduce employment. Since politicians… — Gary Becker Copy Share Image
Despite broad public support, raising the minimum wage is always difficult owing to the disproportionate influence that wealthy firms and donors have… — Angus Deaton Copy Share Image
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