Minimum Wage Quotes

158 quotes by 116 authors

We got CEOs making 200 times the worker's pay, but they'll fight like hell against raising the minimum wage. — Iris DeMent
The minimum wage was due for an increase, but it was important that we offset its cost to small businesses. — J D Hayworth
No person can maximize the American Dream on the minimum wage. — Benjamin Jealous
I know how to create and make people feel something. Honestly, if I didn't do this, I would just have some minimum-wage job in New… — Freddie Prinze, Jr.
Many unions have contracts with employers that are based on a multiple of the prevailing minimum wage. If the minimum wage goes up, union salaries… — Neal Boortz
When I was a student at Princeton University, I was working part time in a grocery store. I saw an ad for teachers of a… — John Katzman
There are people who would like to get rid of minimum wage. But we have to have it, because if we didn't some people would… — Chris Rock
This is a sensible response to employer concerns that the minimum wage is starting to have a damaging impact on competitiveness. — Digby Jones, Baron Jones of Birmingham
To the second end, we hold that minimum wage commissions should be established in the Nation and in each State to inquire into wages paid… — Theodore Roosevelt
We stand for a living wage. Wages are subnormal if they fail to provide a living for those who devote their time and energy to… — Theodore Roosevelt
The first to come and the last to go, working for that minimum wage. — Jackson Browne
What is the source of power of musicians who are financially browbeaten, most of whom work for minimum wage or less? Musicians who cannot even… — Itay Talgam
Donâ€™t let anybody tell you that raising the minimum wage will kill jobs, — Hillary Clinton
A market where chief executive officers make 262 times that of the average worker and 821 times that of the minimum-wage worker is not a… — Marcy Kaptur
Taxes on capital, taxes on labor, inflation, bureaucratic regulation, minimum wage laws, are all - to different degrees - unnecessary slices of the wedge that… — Jack Kemp
Obama's gonna play Santa Claus with the minimum wage. He's got no successes to brag about. He cannot talk about a robust job market. In… — Rush Limbaugh
It was the labor movement that helped secure so much of what we take for granted today. The 40-hour work week, the minimum wage, family… — Barack Obama
On balance, I am a supporter of the minimum wage going up. We've got to be very careful what we wish for because some employers… — Howard Schultz
The real minimum wage is zero. — Thomas Sowell
The Republicans believe in the minimum wage -- the more the minimum, the better. — Harry S. Truman

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