Capitalism Quote by Christopher Lasch

The family wage has been eroded by the same developments that have promoted consumerism as a way of life.

— Christopher Lasch

At a time when families are incredibly squeezed, it's essential that we provide a living wage for people who work hard and that women…

— Katie McGinty

The last three decades have seen the collapse of the family wage system.

— Christopher Lasch

Remember that the minimum wage law provides no jobs; it only outlaws them; and outlawed jobs are the inevitable result.

— Murray Rothbard

“Although the 1996 welfare reform pushed millions of low-income single moms into the workforce, it did nothing to improve the conditions of low-wage jobs.…

— Kathryn Edin

An industry that cannot pay its workers a decent living wage has no right to exist.

— Fiorello H. La Guardia

“Where wages are not regulated by law, all that we can pretend to determine is, what are the most usual; and experience seems to…

— Adam Smith

You've got to support working families. We should be looking to support those who strive the hardest, and increase the national living wage, to…

— Matt Hancock

The minimum wage has not kept pace with rising costs. This legislation is overdue and will help families that are struggling in this harsh…

— Jerry Brown

American families don't work. There is an illusion that they do.

— Howard Rheingold

A just wage for the worker is the ultimate test of whether any economic system is functioning justly.

— Pope John Paul II

Obviously, we want people to be paid a wage that could help make ends meet, but when you increase artificially the cost of labor…

— Thom Tillis