My message is that the counterclaim - which is that if wages go up, employment will go down - is a scam. It's a con job. It's an intimidation tactic. There is absolutely no evidence anywhere that it's true. On… — Nick Hanauer 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 collapse? There is no evidence for it. The most insidious thing about trickle-down economics is not the claim… — Nick Hanauer Copy Share Image
The most pro-business thing you can do is to help middle-class people thrive. — Nick Hanauer Copy Share Image
You can go back 150 years and literally find the same people saying the same thing in the same way. "If we have to… — Nick Hanauer Copy Share Image
My message is that the counterclaim - which is that if wages go up, employment will go down - is a scam. It's a… — Nick Hanauer Copy Share Image
Raising the minimum wage is very efficient. Everybody's on the same playing field, it's a very simple rule, it doesn't require a lot of… — Nick Hanauer Copy Share Image
Raising the minimum wage a lot across the board would make a big difference. It's not the only thing, but it's an indispensable part… — Nick Hanauer Copy Share Image
When businesspeople take credit for creating jobs, it's a little like squirrels taking credit for creating evolution. In fact, it's the other way around. — Nick Hanauer 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 collapse? There… — Nick Hanauer 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 not going… — Nick Hanauer Copy Share Image
The overtime threshold is to the middle class as the minimum wage is to low-wage workers. — Nick Hanauer Copy Share Image
Fast food workers are all the governor has power to enact. Your state legislature is held hostage by the same nitwits that hold hostage… — Nick Hanauer Copy Share Image
Now one person doing the job of one and a half. So as an employer I can get two people to do the work… — Nick Hanauer Copy Share Image
When businesspeople take credit for creating jobs, it is like squirrels taking credit for creating evolution. In fact, it's the other way around. — Nick Hanauer Copy Share Image
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