Minimum Wage Quotes

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Reduced employment opportunities is one effect of minimum wage legislation. The minimum wage law has imposed incalculable harm on the disadvantaged members of our society.… — Walter E. Williams
The average family earning minimum wage spends 141 percent of their income struggling to meet basic needs - food, shelter, clothing. — Sherrod Brown
Well, jobs are a great thing. You have to be a bit careful: If you raise the minimum wage, youâ€™re encouraging labor substitution and youâ€™re… — Bill Gates
The beauty of our democracy lies in the American value of equality: if you vote, you have a seat at the table. If you speak,… — Christine Pelosi
Giving a minimum wage reduces inequality significantly. — Winnie Byanyima
These vessels are out of sight, out of mind. They are exempt from minimum-wage requirements, from Coast Guard inspections, OSHA regulations and other safety laws. — Steve Finley
It is time this Congress listened to the American people and minimum-wage workers, and it is time that we act. — Russ Carnahan
Today a minimum wage earner has to work a day and a half just to pay for a full tank of gas. That is simply… — Bill Pascrell
Remember that the minimum wage law provides no jobs; it only outlaws them; and outlawed jobs are the inevitable result. — Murray Rothbard
The real tragedy of minimum wage laws is that they are supported by well-meaning groups who want to reduce poverty. But the people who are… — Milton Friedman
Look for the enemies of Medicare, of higher minimum wages, of Social Security, of federal aid to education and there you will find the enemy… — A. Philip Randolph
Raising the minimum wage allows business people to stop thinking about workers simply as costs to be cut and allows you to start thinking about… — Nick Hanauer
To everyone in this Congress who still refuses to raise the minimum wage, I say this: If you truly believe you could work full-time and… — Barack Obama
Teddy Roosevelt supported a progressive income tax. If I am sitting pretty and you've got a waitress who is making minimum wage plus tips, and… — Barack Obama
At the current $5.15 an hour, the federal minimum wage has become a poverty wage. A full-time worker with one child lives below the official… — Bernie Sanders
[E]conomic liberty and creative entrepreneurship are the basis of any solution to today's social and economic difficulties. Blaming business, setting wages, and attempting to run… — Doug Bandow
House Republican leadership have refused to allow a clean minimum wage vote. Close to 15 million Americans will be affected if we did this. Do… — Bill Pascrell
Raising the minimum wage means raising the living wage - and that's good news for Ohio. — Sherrod Brown
The minimum wage is mostly an entry-level wage for young people. — Mitch McConnell
I have not heard almost anybody suggest that raising the minimum wage to the level we have in Vermont has been an impediment to our… — Bernie Sanders

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