I worked at McDonald's. I cooked. It was one of the toughest jobs I've ever had. These people earn every single penny… — Keith Ellison Copy Share Image
Going to a movie is a two-hour experience; at $7.50 for a ticket, you are valuing your time at far less than… — Gene Siskel Copy Share Image
I was on the committee that helped raise the minimum wage here in Seattle. I introduced a statewide bill to raise the… — Pramila Jayapal Copy Share Image
Once again, the Republicans in the Senate have rejected an increase in the minimum wage. They support tax breaks for multi-millionaires, but… — Mark Dayton Copy Share Image
Sharp increases in the minimum wage rate are also inflationary. Frequently workers paid more than the minimum gauge their wages relative to… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
“The cry for an equality of wages rests, therefore, upon a mistake is an inane wish never to be fulfilled. It is… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
The concept of minimum wage is crazy, if you really stop to think about it. If $8 an hour seems right, why… — Malcolm Wallop Copy Share Image
I think, when the African-American community understands my record on criminal justice, my record on economics, the agenda we're bringing forth, raising… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
A lot of Democrats have said that raising the minimum wage is both good economics and good politics. The nonpartisan CBO issued… — S. E. Cupp Copy Share Image
Thousands of Ohio families are going deeper and deeper in debt just trying to pay their heating bills, fill prescriptions, and buy… — Sherrod Brown Copy Share Image
People will say 'how can you have a plane when your workers are on minimum wage?' I said 'but I don't set… — Mike Ashley Copy Share Image
We know of no more crucial civil rights issue facing Congress today than the need to increase the federal minimum wage and… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The answers to feeding hungry children is not fewer dollars to feed hungry children, it's to do more. It is to raise… — Martin O'Malley Copy Share Image
I've been out of work myself and hated it. Any work, even on a minimum wage, is better than none. — Kemi Badenoch Copy Share Image
President Obama has made a minimum wage increase a focal point of his economic agenda. — Thomas Perez Copy Share Image
Regardless of what the minimum wage is, you really have the market wage. And if we're not taking care of our people,… — John Schnatter 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
The first to come and the last to go, working for that minimum wage. — Jackson Browne Copy Share Image
Congress has not raised the minimum wage since 1997. The minimum wage is now at its lowest level in 50 years adjusted for inflation. — Russ Carnahan Copy Share Image
Raising the minimum wage does not take from growth, it adds to growth. — Phil Murphy Copy Share Image
A liberal is a person who sees a fourteen-year-old girl performing sex acts onstage and wonders if she's being paid minimum wage. — Irving Kristol Copy Share Image
I know how to create and make people feel something. Honestly, if I didn't do this, I would just have some minimum-wage… — Freddie Prinze, Jr 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… — Nick Hanauer Copy Share Image
I live in the same house I purchased in 1971 for $22,500. I think we need to increase the minimum wage and… — Dennis Kucinich Copy Share Image
