“The Republicans were locked in: they would block any efforts to increase the minimum wage by even a few nickels. The” — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
Chronic insecurity will not be overcome by minimum wage laws, tax credits, means-tested benefits, or workfare. — Guy Standing Copy Share Image
By tying minimum wage to money supply, the poor's income would rise and fall with the rise and fall in money supply. — Max Keiser Copy Share Image
I was a waitress at a local pub. I was really bad with money and it taught me the value of it… — Francesca Hayward Copy Share Image
The first to come and the last to go, working for that minimum wage. — Jackson Browne Copy Share Image
Raising the minimum wage does not take from growth, it adds to growth. — Phil Murphy Copy Share Image
I have no issue with raising minimum wage, but then the customer can't say to us, 'Why are you raising your prices?' — Tilman J. Fertitta Copy Share Image
“I'm sorry, Mr. Whiteleaf. I'm not going to let a monster eat me for minimum wage.” — A. Lee Martinez Copy Share Image
Once the country was settled and built, the bosses changed the order from a stack of educated workers to a barrel of… — Lenny Bruce Copy Share Image
Raising the federal minimum wage won't just put more money in the pocket of low-income families - it also means they spend… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
The last thing we need to do, relating to teachers, is the key to a good education in this country is a… — Bill Richardson Copy Share Image
There are people who would like to get rid of minimum wage. But we have to have it, because if we didn't… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
If I were in charge of the government, I would index the minimum wage to inflation, so that way, everybody knows what… — Fred DeLuca Copy Share Image
The state of Alaska has a minimum wage which is higher than the federal level because our state leaders have made that… — Joe Miller Copy Share Image
The Trump plan is a different plan. It's a you're fired plan. And there's two key elements to it. First, Donald Trump… — Tim Kaine Copy Share Image
I was making almost minimum wage on 'The Young and the Restless.' But it was my first job, so I accepted my… — Eva Longoria Copy Share Image
I want to break up the Wall Street banks. Hillary Clinton doesn't. I want to raise the minimum wage to 15 bucks… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
“Dream Bigger You think. Stop letting small minded people dictate your future when all they really want is for you to accomplish… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
From the Equal Pay Act to the Sex Discrimination Act and the Equality Act through to the minimum wage and Sure Start,… — Rachel Reeves Copy Share Image
I spent almost all my life in poverty, raised by a single mother who had to raise three children on minimum wage,… — Ritchie Torres Copy Share Image
“Freedom fighters, as Fink labeled the donors, needed to explain to American voters that their opposition to programs for the poor did… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
I know firsthand that many employers who comply with other labor standards still hire the undocumented. Many businesses pay the minimum wage… — Maria Echaveste Copy Share Image
Whether it's raising the minimum wage, fixing our broken immigration system or supporting an economic climate that gives our businesses that chance… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If Democrats are not showing up in those [rural] places even if you're not gonna win right away but if you're not… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The Fed cannot reduce inequality on its own; far from it. This requires a concerted effort by the government, broadly speaking, to… — Gerald Epstein Copy Share Image
In short, what the living wage is really about is not living standards, or even economics, but morality. Its advocates are basically… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
“Lamar Alexander, the senator from Tennessee and the most senior Republican on the committee, was asking his last questions when a witness… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
If I hadn't gotten into the entertainment business, I would be probably making minimum wage still. — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
What I want to do is create jobs that make the minimum wage irrelevant. — Thom Tillis Copy Share Image
Let's also, my friends, let's raise the minimum wage and support the 5 for 15 so you don't live in poverty. — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Luxury, like a minimum wage, is a relationship; it changes as we change. — Vida Dutton Scudder Copy Share Image
President Obama has made a minimum wage increase a focal point of his economic agenda. — Thomas Perez Copy Share Image
I will advocate moving the Illinois minimum wage back to the national minimum wage. — Bruce Rauner Copy Share Image
I can tell you what people on minimum wage want: They want a career. They don't want a minimum wage. — Kathy Szeliga Copy Share Image
Minimum-wage laws are one of the most powerful tools in the arsenal of racists. — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
Raising the minimum wage means raising the living wage - and that's good news for Ohio. — Sherrod Brown Copy Share Image
The value of the minimum wage shouldn't be eroded, and it has been. — Robert J. Garagiola Copy Share Image
Today a minimum wage earner has to work a day and a half just to pay for a full tank of gas.… — Bill Pascrell Copy Share Image