Minimum Wage Quotes

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Sharp increases in the minimum wage rate are also inflationary. Frequently workers paid more than the minimum gauge their wages relative to it. This is… — Richard M. Nixon
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… — Jimmy Carter
A general flat minimum-wage law for all industry is permissible, but I do not think that it is a particularly wise method of achieving the… — Friedrich August von Hayek
In short, what the living wage is really about is not living standards, or even economics, but morality. Its advocates are basically opposed to the… — Paul Krugman
You can't have a million dollar dream with a minimum wage work ethic. — Zig Ziglar
Ohio is one of only two states that have a minimum wage below the federal level of $5.15 an hour. — Sherrod Brown
The only way to grow the economy in a way that benefits the bottom 90 percent is to change the structure of the economy. At… — Robert Reich
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
Working-class Americans have waited too long, close to a decade in fact, for an increase in the minimum wage. This has been the second longest… — Bill Pascrell
Most arguments for instituting or raising a minimum wage are based on fairness and redistribution. Even if workers are getting a competitive wage, many of… — Christina Romer
Raising the minimum wage, as President Obama proposed in his State of the Union address, tends to be more popular with the general public than… — Christina Romer
I eat excellent bread, clean meat, good crisp veggies, organic fruits and nice wine and cheese. It is one of the things I am truly… — Rachael Taylor
The internal and external ethics of an organization must be the same; you cannot talk about minimum wages for poor people and not pay minimum… — Aruna Roy
Radical thought has inspired many of the great political and social reform movements in American history, from ending slavery to establishing the minimum wage. — Carl Bernstein
It has now been over 7 years since Congress last raised the minimum wage to its current level of $5.15 per hour. Since that last… — Jon Corzine
No family gets rich from earning the minimum wage. In fact, the current minimum wage does not even lift a family out of poverty. — Jon Corzine
You get paid more at McDonald's than you do under the existing minimum wage. — Norm Coleman
6.6 million people will benefit from a rise in the minimum wage. — Russ Carnahan
Congress has not raised the minimum wage since 1997. The minimum wage is now at its lowest level in 50 years adjusted for inflation. — Russ Carnahan
Once again, the Republicans in the Senate have rejected an increase in the minimum wage. They support tax breaks for multi-millionaires, but they oppose helping… — Mark Dayton

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