Act Quote by Arthur Laffer

The high rate of unemployment among teenagers, and especially black teenagers, is both a scandal and a serious source of social unrest. Yet it…

— Milton Friedman

A minimum-wage law, a law that prevents employers and employees from entering into mutually beneficial economic exchanges, is as far from a free market…

— Jacob G. Hornberger

The minimum wage is mostly an entry-level wage for young people.

— Mitch McConnell

Minimum wage is supposed to be entry level.

— Nicole Malliotakis

The minimum wage is something that F.D.R. put in place a long time ago during the Great Depression. I don't think it worked then.…

— John Raese

Raising the minimum wage represents a substantial financial burden for employers, particularly start-ups, early stage companies, and family-owned businesses. In response, business owners would…

— Fabrizio Moreira

For many young people, the minimum wage is a stepping stone to higher employment levels.

— Bruce Rauner

“We’re taught to think of the minimum wage as a mechanism for helping people earn more. What it actually does is prevent people from…

— Don Watkins

A minimum wage leads to higher levels of unemployment.

— Steve Hanke

“Minimum wage, minimum effort”

— Graham McNamee

The minimum wage law very cleverly is misnamed. The real minimum wage is zero. That is what many inexperienced and low skilled people receive…

— Thomas Sowell

Especially for the young and the lowest-skilled, minimum wage becomes a toll that prevents many from entering the work force and gaining the skills…

— Stephen Moore