Minimum Wage Quotes

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Clockers" asks--almost in passing, and there's a lot more to it than this--a pretty interesting question: if you choose to work for the minimum wage… — Nick Hornby
We try to pay a man what he is worth and we are not inclined to keep a man who is not worth more than… — Henry Ford
Now, legal plunder can be committed in an infinite number of ways. Thus we have an infinite number of plans for organizing it: tariffs, protection,… — Frederic Bastiat
I used to work at McDonald's making minimum wage. You know what that means when someone pays you minimum wage? You know what your boos… — Chris Rock
Unfortunately, the real minimum wage is always zero, regardless of the laws, and that is the wage that many workers receive in the wake of… — Thomas Sowell
I thought I was gonna be in the minimum-wage working world all my life. — Henry Rollins
Those of us in the Congress must confront and overcome Republican intransigence to increasing the minimum wage, extending unemployment insurance and protecting food stamps. — Charles B. Rangel
Plain and simple, Congress must act to meet the needs of our constituents. We can do that by strengthening families, increasing the minimum wage, and… — Paul Tonko
The typical minimum wage earner is a provider and a breadwinner - most likely a woman - responsible for paying bills, running a household and… — Thomas Perez
President Obama believes that income inequality is one of the most pressing matters facing the nation. If we are going to be a country that… — Thomas Perez
President Obama has made a minimum wage increase a focal point of his economic agenda. — Thomas Perez
When I recently spent a night at a homeless shelter, I was dismayed that members of the middle class had moved in and that earning… — Jackie Speier
Minimum wage laws have never worked in terms of having the middle class attain more prosperity. — Marco Rubio
How can anyone live off of minimum wage? — Tom Douglas
There are very few people at the decision-making table to argue for minimum-wage workers. Very few people. — Elizabeth Warren
Raising the minimum wage means we have workers paying more in to support the Social Security system. — Elizabeth Warren
In the 1960s, a minimum wage job would keep a family of three afloat. — Elizabeth Warren
Free market economists frequently see minimum wage legislation as mere political intervention. However, there are decent economic theories which show that, under certain circumstances, minimum… — Ha-Joon Chang
I do not support raising the minimum wage, and the reason is as follows. When the minimum wage is raised, workers are priced out of… — John Sununu
Thousands of Ohio families are going deeper and deeper in debt just trying to pay their heating bills, fill prescriptions, and buy groceries. The current… — Sherrod Brown

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