Minimum Wage Quotes

158 quotes by 116 authors

Literally, if we took away the minimum wage - if conceivably it was gone - we could potentially virtually wipe out unemployment completely because we… — Michele Bachmann
Anyone who's tried to pay a heating bill, fill a prescription, or simply buy groceries knows all too well that the current minimum wage does… — Sherrod Brown
I know firsthand that many employers who comply with other labor standards still hire the undocumented. Many businesses pay the minimum wage and have barely… — Maria Echaveste
Stop saying athletes do it for the love of the game. They do it for the love of their 32-room mansion with the live shark… — Bill Maher
It would help the poor people who need jobs. Minimum wage is a mandate. We're against mandates so why should we have it? It would… — Ron Paul
Can't get around the old minimum wage, Mortimer. — Dan Aykroyd
Minimum-wage laws are one of the most powerful tools in the arsenal of racists. — Walter E. Williams
The high rate of unemployment among teenagers, and especially black teenagers, is both a scandal and a serious source of social unrest. Yet it is… — Milton Friedman
We should raise the minimum wage so that no one who works full time has to live in poverty — Barack Obama
Raising the minimum wage and lowering the barriers to union organization would carry a trade-off - higher unemployment. A better idea is to have the… — Paul Krugman
Why, when the economist gives advice to his society, is he so often cooly ignored? He never ceases to preach free trade, and protectionism is… — George Stigler
I think that if it is.. has to do with global warming, or if it has to do with raising the minimum wage, or if… — Arnold Schwarzenegger
But I also want to give them a pathway so that they can earn citizenship, earn a legal status, start learning English, pay a significant… — Barack Obama
Technological society leads to increasing numbers of people who cannot adapt to the inhuman rhythm of modern life with its emphasis on specialization. A class… — Jacques Ellul
This is the debate we have every time we talk about the minimum wage, that if we raise it even 50 cents, that it means… — Stephanie Cutter
Unskilled and inexperienced workers are the ones most often deprived of employment opportunities by increases in the minimum wage. — Ron Paul
Teddy Kennedy's big new idea is to wheel out his 18th proposal to raise the minimum wage. He's been doing this since wages were paid… — Ann Coulter
Emotional appeals about working families trying to get by on $4.25 an hour [the minimum wage in 1996] are hard to resist. Fortunately, such families… — Tom DeLay
On issue after issue, the polls - and these are not snapshot polls; these are polls over a consistent period of time - show that… — Katrina vanden Heuvel
I think the minimum wage ought to keep pace with inflation. — Mitt Romney

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