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title: "21 Low Wages Quotes by 19 authors"
description: "Browse 21 Low Wages quotes by 19 authors. Discover the best Low Wages sayings and thoughts."
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> [People understand that the economy is rigged. They're working longer hours for low wages. All new income and wealth, almost all, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-sanders/people-understand-that-the-economy-is-rigged-they-re-working-longer/)

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

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> [The people at the bottom who are working but working at relatively low wages need some help.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-b-pritzker/the-people-at-the-bottom-who-are-working-but-working-at-relatively/)

[J. B. Pritzker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-b-pritzker/)

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> [What is concerning is that work in the informal sector is characterised by vulnerability, low wages and no rights. So it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winnie-byanyima/what-is-concerning-is-that-work-in-the-informal-sector-is/)

[Winnie Byanyima](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winnie-byanyima/)

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> [Wal-Mart has always paid low wages, or, as Sam Walton put it, 'as little as we could get by with at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-dedman/wal-mart-has-always-paid-low-wages-or-as-sam-walton-put-it-as-little/)

[Bill Dedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-dedman/)

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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 'Welfare Reform and Work' Bill does nothing to address low wages, or underemployment, and I haven't even got started on how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-thornberry/the-welfare-reform-and-work-bill-does-nothing-to-address-low-wages-or/)

[Emily Thornberry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-thornberry/)

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> [With limited shifts, low wages, and scarce benefits, it feels almost impossible for many Americans to get their slice of the pie.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-kander/with-limited-shifts-low-wages-and-scarce-benefits-it-feels-almost/)

[Jason Kander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-kander/)

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> [Most poor people earn more than minimum wage when they are working; their problem is not low wages. The problem comes when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-stiglitz/most-poor-people-earn-more-than-minimum-wage-when-they-are-working/)

[Joseph Stiglitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-stiglitz/)

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> [It's a false choice to say we either have job safety or job growth. It's a false choice to suggest that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-perez/it-s-a-false-choice-to-say-we-either-have-job-safety-or-job-growth-it/)

[Tom Perez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-perez/)

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> [Certainly other things we can do, we gotta promote after-school employment, give kids an opportunity, raising the minimum wage was part of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-gonzalez/certainly-other-things-we-can-do-we-gotta-promote-after-school/)

[Matt Gonzalez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-gonzalez/)

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> [Food poverty exists because of unemployment, low wages, high costs of heating, as well as problems at the DWP including delays in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luciana-berger/food-poverty-exists-because-of-unemployment-low-wages-high-costs-of/)

[Luciana Berger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luciana-berger/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee9/luciana-berger-5722_cybersecurity_food-poverty-exists-because-of-unemploym_260213.jpg)

> [Unemployment, low wages, and poverty discourage family formation and erode family stability, making it less likely that individuals will marry in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-coontz/unemployment-low-wages-and-poverty-discourage-family-formation-and/)

[Stephanie Coontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-coontz/)

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> [For many food poverty is the product of a toxic combination of low wages, austerity economics, spiralling food prices and lengthy delays…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luciana-berger/for-many-food-poverty-is-the-product-of-a-toxic-combination-of-low/)

[Luciana Berger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luciana-berger/)

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> [You can't tell me you can make any system or country work with low wages and high prices, and high wages with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ford/you-can-t-tell-me-you-can-make-any-system-or-country-work-with-low/)

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

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> [Yet it ought to be clear that a minimum wage law is, at best, a limited weapon for combatting the evil of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-hazlitt/yet-it-ought-to-be-clear-that-a-minimum-wage-law-is-at-best-a-limited/)

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

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> [The working classes may be injuriously degraded and oppressed in three ways: 1st - When they are neglected in infancy 2nd -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-owen/the-working-classes-may-be-injuriously-degraded-and-oppressed-in/)

[Robert Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-owen/)

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> [If workers are overworked, or companies hire temps at low wages, this fundamentally comes down to the quality of life for a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-turner/if-workers-are-overworked-or-companies-hire-temps-at-low-wages-this/)

[Nina Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-turner/)

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> [Yet it ought to be clear that a minimum wage law is, at best, a limited weapon for combatting the evil of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-hazlitt/yet-it-ought-to-be-clear-that-a-minimum-wage-law-is-at-best-a-limited-2/)

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

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> [“I did discover that if you're interested in low wages, a bookstore ranks below retail clothing sales, except the hours are worse.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-grafton/i-did-discover-that-if-you-re-interested-in-low-wages-a-bookstore/)

[Sue Grafton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-grafton/)

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> [We need to do more to help the men and women across the country who are working hard but still struggling to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-lamb/we-need-to-do-more-to-help-the-men-and-women-across-the-country-who/)

[Conor Lamb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-lamb/)

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> [Obviously, people with low or even moderate incomes could not afford such savings rates, and even diligent savings from their low wages…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-greider/obviously-people-with-low-or-even-moderate-incomes-could-not-afford/)

[William Greider](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-greider/)

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