--- title: "16 Lower Wages Quotes by 14 authors" description: "Browse 16 Lower Wages quotes by 14 authors. Discover the best Lower Wages sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5c/edward-conard-18730_burden_lesser-skilled-workers-suffer-the-entire_2938869.jpg" --- > [Lesser-skilled workers suffer the entire burden of lower wages but capture only a portion of the benefits from lower-priced offshore goods.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-conard/lesser-skilled-workers-suffer-the-entire-burden-of-lower-wages-but/) [Edward Conard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-conard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5c/edward-conard-18730_burden_lesser-skilled-workers-suffer-the-entire_2938869.jpg) > [I've never believed in lower wages. Never. Never believed in lower wages, I've never believed in lower wages as an economic instrument.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-howard/i-ve-never-believed-in-lower-wages-never-never-believed-in-lower/) [John Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-howard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/676/john-howard-13037_belive_i-ve-never-believed-in-lower-wages-never_2832248.png) > [The higher the wages the fewer the jobs; the lower the wages the more the jobs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-cook/the-higher-the-wages-the-fewer-the-jobs-the-lower-the-wages-the-more/) [James Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-cook/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a9/james-cook-1930_fewer_the-higher-the-wages-the-fewer-the-jobs_2929333.jpg) > [The capitalists speculate on the two following factors: the female worker must be paid as poorly as possible and the competition of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clara-zetkin/the-capitalists-speculate-on-the-two-following-factors-the-female/) [Clara Zetkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clara-zetkin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/226/clara-zetkin-20904_capitalists_the-capitalists-speculate-on-the-two-fol_2621980.jpg) > [Over the years, America had become more like Wal-Mart. It had gotten cheap. Prices were lower, and wages were lower. There were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/over-the-years-america-had-become-more-like-wal-mart-it-had-gotten/) [George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55d/george-packer-2917_america_over-the-years-america-had-become-more-l_1652217.png) > [When illegal labor is used, that almost always depresses wages paid to all workers. The illegal workers can be exploited, and they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kris-kobach/when-illegal-labor-is-used-that-almost-always-depresses-wages-paid-to/) [Kris Kobach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kris-kobach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d5/kris-kobach-12194_go_when-illegal-labor-is-used-that-almost-a_1500398.jpg) > [“Americans wanted cheap stuff—and the harder they shopped for the cheapest stuff, the more they helped drive down the wages of people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-alexander/americans-wanted-cheap-stuff-and-the-harder-they-shopped-for-the/) [Brian Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-alexander/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/534/brian-alexander-42911_quote_americans-wanted-cheap-stuff-and-the-har_2120401.jpg) > [If we believe in the free market, then that leads to the big corporations taking power, that leads to this competition to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-loach/if-we-believe-in-the-free-market-then-that-leads-to-the-big/) [Ken Loach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-loach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/144/ken-loach-4106_believe_if-we-believe-in-the-free-market-then-th_2517060.png) > [Over the years, we have lost millions of decent paying jobs. These trade agreements have forced wages down in America so the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/over-the-years-we-have-lost-millions-of-decent-paying-jobs-these/) [Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdd/hillary-clinton-51_agreement_over-the-years-we-have-lost-millions-of_1500666.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/023/bernie-sanders-233_able_people-are-tired-of-working-longer-hours_1826401.jpg) > [I think lower wages have made men much less marriageable than they were before. It's not just like your job goes to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angus-deaton/i-think-lower-wages-have-made-men-much-less-marriageable-than-they/) [Angus Deaton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angus-deaton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/674/angus-deaton-5260_chance_i-think-lower-wages-have-made-men-much-l_1023164.jpg) > [I think what you've got are millions of people who are in trouble today. They really are. They're confused. They're working longer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-sanders/i-think-what-you-ve-got-are-millions-of-people-who-are-in-trouble/) [Bernie Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-sanders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/619/bernie-sanders-233_bigs_i-think-what-you-ve-got-are-millions-of_2339769.jpg) > [I have had the view that cutting wages is not the path to prosperity, and one of the great myths propagated about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-howard/i-have-had-the-view-that-cutting-wages-is-not-the-path-to-prosperity/) [John Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-howard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd5/john-howard-13037_about_i-have-had-the-view-that-cutting-wages-i_395821.png) > [“And with the decline of the traditional manufacturing industries in recent years, it's getting worse, not better. As capital becomes more fluid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/and-with-the-decline-of-the-traditional-manufacturing-industries-in/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ab/noam-chomsky-42_capitalism_and-with-the-decline-of-the-traditional_2878229.jpg) > [I've had very little negative pushback. I think people in the Senate know that I have believed, for a number of years,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-sessions/i-ve-had-very-little-negative-pushback-i-think-people-in-the-senate/) [Jeff Sessions](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-sessions/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/814/jeff-sessions-2380_american-people_i-ve-had-very-little-negative-pushback-i_1478070.png) > [One of the things that happens when you have austerity is that wages get lower, and some people think lower wages in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-stiglitz/one-of-the-things-that-happens-when-you-have-austerity-is-that-wages/) [Joseph Stiglitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-stiglitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/659/joseph-stiglitz-1351_happens_one-of-the-things-that-happens-when-you_3000973.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lower-wages/#itemlist", "name": "Lower Wages Quotes", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Lesser-skilled workers suffer the entire burden of lower wages but capture only a portion of the benefits from lower-priced offshore goods.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Edward Conard" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-conard/lesser-skilled-workers-suffer-the-entire-burden-of-lower-wages-but/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5c/edward-conard-18730_burden_lesser-skilled-workers-suffer-the-entire_2938869.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5c/edward-conard-18730_burden_lesser-skilled-workers-suffer-the-entire_2938869.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5c/edward-conard-18730_burden_lesser-skilled-workers-suffer-the-entire_2938869.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Lesser-skilled workers suffer the entire burden of lower wages but capture only a portion of the benefits…” — Edward Conard", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I've never believed in lower wages. 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As capital becomes more fluid and it becomes easier for corporations to move production to the Third World, why should they pay higher wages in Detroit when they can pay lower wages in Northern Mexico or the Philippines? And the result is, there's even more pressure on the poorer part of the population here. And what's in effect happened is they've been closed off into inner-city slums―where then all sorts of other pressures begin to attack them: drugs, gentrification, police repression, cutbacks in limited welfare programs, and so on. 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