Cost Quote by Jerry Brown

Mr. Speaker, the time for an increase in the minimum wage has not just arrived; it is long overdue.

— Sherwood Boehlert

I do not support raising the minimum wage, and the reason is as follows. When the minimum wage is raised, workers are priced out…

— John Sununu

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

I think the minimum wage ought to keep pace with inflation.

— Mitt Romney

Most arguments for instituting or raising a minimum wage are based on fairness and redistribution. Even if workers are getting a competitive wage, many…

— Christina Romer

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…

— Jon Corzine

Increasing minimum wage doesn't build a stronger economy.

— Karen Handel

The value of the minimum wage shouldn't be eroded, and it has been.

— Robert J. Garagiola

Raising the minimum wage does not take from growth, it adds to growth.

— Phil Murphy

The minimum wage is something that F.D.R. put in place a long time ago during the Great Depression. I don't think it worked then.…

— John Raese

Raising the minimum wage represents a substantial financial burden for employers, particularly start-ups, early stage companies, and family-owned businesses. In response, business owners would…

— Fabrizio Moreira

The minimum wage is the black teenage unemployment act. It is the guaranteed way of holding the poor, the minorities and the disenfranchised out…

— Arthur Laffer