Being an American doesn't mean that you're guaranteed a high wage. You have to be productive, and we have to create a… — Michael Porter Copy Share Image
I want people to make a lot more than $9 - $9 is not enough. The problem is you can't do that… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
No family gets rich from earning the minimum wage. In fact, the current minimum wage does not even lift a family out… — Jon Corzine Copy Share Image
Like any parents, mine wanted me to have a secure job with a regular wage and career prospects. And the one job… — James Blunt Copy Share Image
In the 9th grade I began my first wage work for the West Side Drug store delivering prescriptions and sundries on my… — Vernon L. Smith Copy Share Image
I think it's fair to set limits, so that people cannot receive more than the equivalent of the national average wage while… — Chris Grayling Copy Share Image
“Is it really necessary to reward the CEO with several million dollars? Why isn’t it logical or common sense to pay the… — John-Talmage Mathis Copy Share Image
We stand for a living wage. Wages are subnormal if they fail to provide a living for those who devote their time… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“My mother wasn’t much into politics, but I’m sure she would have assumed that fifty years later, the minimum wage would be… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
It concerns me when people frame the conversation about equal pay about the entertainment business. I don't want the wage gap issue… — Patricia Arquette Copy Share Image
There is no right to a job or a wage rate, but there is a right to move from one country to… — Alex Tabarrok Copy Share Image
Regardless of the gender of the highest wage earner, the balance of power in the relationship will suffer if the higher earner… — Marian Keyes Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, the real minimum wage is always zero, regardless of the laws, and that is the wage that many workers receive in… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
A general flat minimum-wage law for all industry is permissible, but I do not think that it is a particularly wise method… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
By mandating an even higher minimum, the living wage prices even more people out of work. The people who push these cockamamie… — Lawrence Reed Copy Share Image
“Minimum wage increases. The Nobel Prize economist Milton Friedman has observed that the minimum wage is "one of the most ... anti-black… — David Horowitz Copy Share Image
Yet it ought to be clear that a minimum wage law is, at best, a limited weapon for combatting the evil of… — Henry Hazlitt Copy Share Image
[E]conomic liberty and creative entrepreneurship are the basis of any solution to today's social and economic difficulties. Blaming business, setting wages, and… — Doug Bandow Copy Share Image
The person earning the federal minimum wage of $7.25 isn't going out to eat at restaurants. They're not taking piano lessons. They're… — Nick Hanauer Copy Share Image
Raising the minimum wage and lowering the barriers to union organization would carry a trade-off - higher unemployment. A better idea is… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
The main difference lies in wage levels, which is because our workers are not yet as well trained as in other countries.… — Nguyen Minh Triet Copy Share Image
This [minimum wage] legislation, passed by the 81st Congress at its first session, is an important addition to the laws we live… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
I have not heard almost anybody suggest that raising the minimum wage to the level we have in Vermont has been an… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
Raising the minimum wage represents a substantial financial burden for employers, particularly start-ups, early stage companies, and family-owned businesses. In response, business… — Fabrizio Moreira Copy Share Image
“The first thing that happens, for example, when a law is passed that no one shall be paid less than $106 for… — Henry Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Well, jobs are a great thing. You have to be a bit careful: If you raise the minimum wage, you’re encouraging labor… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
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