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
If you want to be backed by corporations so that you're elected mayor, then it's going to be very problematic for you… — Amber Hollibaugh 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
The national minimum wage has not been increased in 9 years. By year's end, 21 States across America will have a minimum… — Sherwood Boehlert Copy Share Image
Radical thought has inspired many of the great political and social reform movements in American history, from ending slavery to establishing the… — Carl Bernstein Copy Share Image
An economic message, an economic platform unites the factory worker in Scranton, the young woman in Los Angeles struggling to pay her… — Charles Schumer Copy Share Image
When I was a student at Princeton University, I was working part time in a grocery store. I saw an ad for… — John Katzman Copy Share Image
Taxes on capital, taxes on labor, inflation, bureaucratic regulation, minimum wage laws, are all - to different degrees - unnecessary slices of… — Jack Kemp Copy Share Image
[A]s we celebrate 75 years of the minimum wage, we must also recognize that it is no longer achieving its potential impact… — Tom Harkin Copy Share Image
Minimum wage laws tragically generate unemployment, especially so among the poorest and least skilled or educated workers... Because a minimum wage, of… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
“Ikea plans to adopt a wage structure that it says will raise the average hourly minimum wage at its 38 stores in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
[Martin Luther King, Jr.] would want us to celebrate him, his birth and his legacy by acting upon his agenda, by realizing… — Nancy Pelosi Copy Share Image
When you work extra, you should be paid extra. That's what the Fair Labor Standards Act said. And I've met so many… — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
And the reason that I was one of the first, not one of the last to be in opposition to the TPP… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
I first came into the labor force in 1941 when the minimum wage was 40 cents an hour, and that was my… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
“The inexorable rise of inequality can be countered at the top by higher taxes on the highest earners who have captured so… — Robert J. Gordon Copy Share Image
“Minimum wage laws appear to give low-income workers something for nothing—and appearances are what count in politics. Realities can be left to… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Most arguments for instituting or raising a minimum wage are based on fairness and redistribution. Even if workers are getting a competitive… — Christina Romer Copy Share Image
It takes so long for the folks who are earning minimum wage to finally see a little bit of a rise... that… — J. B. Pritzker Copy Share Image
You need to know that a member of Congress who refuses to allow the minimum wage to come up for a vote… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The American people are much more practical than Republican lawmakers on equal pay, on the minimum wage, on same-sex marriage, and on… — Luis Gutierrez 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
Obama's gonna play Santa Claus with the minimum wage. He's got no successes to brag about. He cannot talk about a robust… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
I want to create an economy where minimum wage is a very brief stepping stone to higher-paying jobs so people can realize… — Thom Tillis Copy Share Image
I never worked in the private sector for very long, I worked on childcare, afterschool, health care for people, increasing the minimum… — Neera Tanden Copy Share Image
Barack Obama and Kay Hagan think that the minimum wage needs to be the same in the mountains of North Carolina and… — Thom Tillis Copy Share Image
When you raise the price of employment, guess what happens? You get less of it. Why do we want to make it… — John Boehner Copy Share Image
Misclassification means workers are denied not just minimum wage and overtime but other social safety net protections like workers' compensation and unemployment… — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
The real tragedy of minimum wage laws is that they are supported by well-meaning groups who want to reduce poverty. But the… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
The minimum wage has not kept pace with rising costs. This legislation is overdue and will help families that are struggling in… — Jerry Brown Copy Share Image
Hillary Clinton understands that if someone in America this country works 40 hours a week, that person should not be living in… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
A September 2015 poll found that, by a 3-1 margin, voters are more likely to support political candidates who favor raising the… — David Rolf Copy Share Image
I know that everybody who supported Bernie Sanders supported him because they believe that college debt is too high. They believe that… — Keith Ellison Copy Share Image
Steve Jobs didn't seek solace among minimum wage workers. He sought it from highly educated men and women who understood and shared… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
I was considered the most progressive person the whole time I was in the legislature. I negotiated health care, I negotiated a… — Gretchen Whitmer Copy Share Image
The minimum wage is the black teenage unemployment act. It is the guaranteed way of holding the poor, the minorities and the… — Arthur Laffer Copy Share Image
Those of us in the Congress must confront and overcome Republican intransigence to increasing the minimum wage, extending unemployment insurance and protecting… — Charles B. Rangel Copy Share Image
The minimum wage in Denmark is about twice that of the United States, and people who are totally out of the labor… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
On my first day in office as President Quavo, I'd move my whole family into the White House. Second, I'd pull all… — Quavo Copy Share Image
The total amount of money that Wall Street handed out in bonuses last year was double the total income of ALL full-time… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
![“[A]s we celebrate 75 years of the minimum wage, we must also recognize that it is no longer achieving its potential impact in our economy or for America's working families. Every American deserves the chance to build a better life for his or her family - and raising the minimum wage will provide…” quote by Tom Harkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/078/tom-harkin-19587_achieve_a-s-we-celebrate-75-years-of-the-minimum_2830380.jpg)
![“[Martin Luther King, Jr.] would want us to celebrate him, his birth and his legacy by acting upon his agenda, by realizing the dream, by making the minimum wage a living wage, by having not just family and medical leave, but paid sick leave for our workers, [and] by having quality, affordable…” quote by Nancy Pelosi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92b/nancy-pelosi-1267_acting_martin-luther-king-jr-would-want-us-to-c_3177348.jpg)
![“I first came into the labor force in 1941 when the minimum wage was 40 cents an hour, and that was my first job. And each time that we've tried to boost the lower level of salary for the most underpaid workers, there have been predictions of catastrophe. But each time, in [m]y opinion, the change…” quote by Jimmy Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afe/jimmy-carter-479_boost_i-first-came-into-the-labor-force-in-194_1941779.jpg)
