The total amount of money that Wall Street handed out in…

“The share of income going to the rich remained remarkably constant from the mid-1940s through the 1970s and then began to escalate rapidly. For…

— Larry M. Bartels

There are very few people at the decision-making table to argue for minimum-wage workers. Very few people.

— Elizabeth Warren

“Parents like Jennifer, Susan, and Rae express desires that are quite modest. Full-time hours come first. That is a prize that can be astonishingly…

— Kathryn Edin

Low-wage workers are also consumers. It's just common sense: when these workers have more take-home pay it leads to spending that trickles up to…

— Mark Price

It used to be that wealthy people were the leisure class, and having time off was a status symbol. That's switched now: being busy…

— Katrina Onstad

Women of the working class, especially wage workers, should not have more than two children at most. The average working man can support no…

— Margaret Sanger

Steve Jobs didn't seek solace among minimum wage workers. He sought it from highly educated men and women who understood and shared his focus…

— Michael Gerber

“Wage workers are unconsciously trading their limited lifetime for abundant pieces of paper that are designed to steal their lifetime”

— Daniella Liberati

Unfortunately, the real minimum wage is always zero, regardless of the laws, and that is the wage that many workers receive in the wake…

— Thomas Sowell

“Yet laying the blame on a lack of personal responsibility obscures the fact that there are powerful and ever-changing structural forces at play here.…

— Kathryn Edin

Walmart isn't your average mom-and-pop operation. It's the largest employer in America. As such, it's the trendsetter for millions of other employers of low-wage…

— Robert Reich

The overtime threshold is to the middle class as the minimum wage is to low-wage workers.

— Nick Hanauer

“The top managers are defensive about these departures; they point to how safe, attractive, and up-to-date the workplace is. Rodney Everts is less defensive…

— Richard Sennett

Low-wage individuals barely get anything. I think we have to reward work, and I do think that we need to bump up the earned…

— Mike Coffman

Today, there are more Americans working than ever before in the history of our Nation, and the average wage of those workers is higher…

— Todd Tiahrt