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title: "29 Low Wage Quotes by 25 authors"
description: "Browse 29 Low Wage quotes by 25 authors. Discover the best Low Wage sayings and thoughts."
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> [We will always be a fair wage nation in a low wage region.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-shorten/we-will-always-be-a-fair-wage-nation-in-a-low-wage-region/)

[Bill Shorten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-shorten/)

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> [Low-wage jobs have gone offshore. We need to innovate to stay competitive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanne-shaheen/low-wage-jobs-have-gone-offshore-we-need-to-innovate-to-stay/)

[Jeanne Shaheen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanne-shaheen/)

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> [Asia has an army of low-wage laborers to thank for its economic boom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-achleitner/asia-has-an-army-of-low-wage-laborers-to-thank-for-its-economic-boom/)

[Paul Achleitner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-achleitner/)

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> [A low wage business is always insecure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ford/a-low-wage-business-is-always-insecure/)

[Henry Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ford/)

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> [I pay low wages. I can take advantage of that. We're going to be successful, but the basis is a very low-wage,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-walton/i-pay-low-wages-i-can-take-advantage-of-that-we-re-going-to-be/)

[Sam Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-walton/)

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> [The overtime threshold is to the middle class as the minimum wage is to low-wage workers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hanauer/the-overtime-threshold-is-to-the-middle-class-as-the-minimum-wage-is/)

[Nick Hanauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hanauer/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-price/low-wage-workers-are-also-consumers-it-s-just-common-sense-when-these/)

[Mark Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-price/)

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> [By holding down natural wage growth in labor-intensive industries, immigration serves as a subsidy for low-wage, low-productivity ways of doing business, retarding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-krikorian/by-holding-down-natural-wage-growth-in-labor-intensive-industries/)

[Mark Krikorian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-krikorian/)

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> [Low-wage individuals barely get anything. I think we have to reward work, and I do think that we need to bump up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-coffman/low-wage-individuals-barely-get-anything-i-think-we-have-to-reward/)

[Mike Coffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-coffman/)

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> [I think we do not need to send more jobs to low wage countries. I think corporate America has to start investing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/i-think-we-do-not-need-to-send-more-jobs-to-low-wage-countries-i/)

[Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/)

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> [There were moments when we could not afford to have three meals a day. My mother would lurch from one low-wage job…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ritchie-torres/there-were-moments-when-we-could-not-afford-to-have-three-meals-a-day/)

[Ritchie Torres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ritchie-torres/)

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> [“Truth is, among low-wage earners busting their tails to make the rent, one’s feelings are seldom discussed or acknowledged. Emotional wellness is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-guerrero/truth-is-among-low-wage-earners-busting-their-tails-to-make-the-rent/)

[Diane Guerrero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-guerrero/)

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> [a great deal of the wealth at the top is built on the low-wage labor of the poor. Take Wal-Mart, our largest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-ehrenreich/a-great-deal-of-the-wealth-at-the-top-is-built-on-the-low-wage-labor/)

[Barbara Ehrenreich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-ehrenreich/)

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> [If you had a basic income, it would mean that everybody would have a base on top of which their earned income…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-standing/if-you-had-a-basic-income-it-would-mean-that-everybody-would-have-a/)

[Guy Standing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-standing/)

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> [“How does a hardworking sixty-four-year-old-woman end up without a house or a permanent place to stay, relying on unpredictable low-wage work to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-bruder/how-does-a-hardworking-sixty-four-year-old-woman-end-up-without-a/)

[Jessica Bruder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-bruder/)

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> [Raising the minimum wage and lowering the barriers to union organization would carry a trade-off - higher unemployment. A better idea is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-krugman/raising-the-minimum-wage-and-lowering-the-barriers-to-union/)

[Paul Krugman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-krugman/)

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> [It seems to me both moral and practical that in the richest in nation in the world that someone working full time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katrina-vanden-heuvel/it-seems-to-me-both-moral-and-practical-that-in-the-richest-in-nation/)

[Katrina vanden Heuvel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katrina-vanden-heuvel/)

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> [You cannot make a man worth a given amount by making it illegal for anyone to offer him anything less. You merely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-hazlitt/you-cannot-make-a-man-worth-a-given-amount-by-making-it-illegal-for/)

[Henry Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-hazlitt/)

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> [The jobs that have come back have been extremely insecure low-wage benefit poor temporary jobs. Young people are screwed. They don't have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-stein/the-jobs-that-have-come-back-have-been-extremely-insecure-low-wage/)

[Jill Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-stein/)

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> [“...Maybe it's low-wage work in general that has the effect of making feel like a pariah. When I watch TV over my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-ehrenreich/maybe-it-s-low-wage-work-in-general-that-has-the-effect-of-making/)

[Barbara Ehrenreich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-ehrenreich/)

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> [“The first thing that happens, for example, when a law is passed that no one shall be paid less than $106 for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-hazlitt/the-first-thing-that-happens-for-example-when-a-law-is-passed-that-no/)

[Henry Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-hazlitt/)

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> [“Parents like Jennifer, Susan, and Rae express desires that are quite modest. Full-time hours come first. That is a prize that can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathryn-edin/parents-like-jennifer-susan-and-rae-express-desires-that-are-quite/)

[Kathryn Edin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathryn-edin/)

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> [“Although the 1996 welfare reform pushed millions of low-income single moms into the workforce, it did nothing to improve the conditions of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathryn-edin/although-the-1996-welfare-reform-pushed-millions-of-low-income-single/)

[Kathryn Edin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathryn-edin/)

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> [“Yet laying the blame on a lack of personal responsibility obscures the fact that there are powerful and ever-changing structural forces at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathryn-edin/yet-laying-the-blame-on-a-lack-of-personal-responsibility-obscures/)

[Kathryn Edin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathryn-edin/)

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> [Too many American families go bankrupt from healthcare expenses, and low wage workers have to hold two or three jobs just to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-haaland/too-many-american-families-go-bankrupt-from-healthcare-expenses-and/)

[Deb Haaland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-haaland/)

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> [An increase in the relative price of products from the low wage manufacturers in Asia and Latin America will also make those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-feldstein/an-increase-in-the-relative-price-of-products-from-the-low-wage/)

[Martin Feldstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-feldstein/)

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> [The rapid growth in many of our suburbs has spawned a booming construction industry eager to hire low wage immigrants who gladly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spencer-bachus/the-rapid-growth-in-many-of-our-suburbs-has-spawned-a-booming/)

[Spencer Bachus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spencer-bachus/)

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> [People are tired of working longer hours for lower wages, of seeing decent paying jobs go to China and other low-wage countries,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-sanders/people-are-tired-of-working-longer-hours-for-lower-wages-of-seeing/)

[Bernie Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-sanders/)

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> [If I run a time-limited test program, I'll never discover whether markets with additional employment truly exist. A solution in the low-wage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angela-merkel/if-i-run-a-time-limited-test-program-i-ll-never-discover-whether/)

[Angela Merkel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angela-merkel/)

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