Been Quote by John Freeman

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

“My mother wasn’t much into politics, but I’m sure she would have assumed that fifty years later, the minimum wage would be a lot…

— Elizabeth Warren

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

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

I first came into the labor force in 1941 when the minimum wage was 40 cents an hour, and that was my first job.…

— Jimmy Carter

The minimum wage is mostly an entry-level wage for young people.

— Mitch McConnell

The minimum wage was due for an increase, but it was important that we offset its cost to small businesses.

— J. D. Hayworth

When I started in the business, the minimum wage was $1.25. I've seen an enormous number of wage increases. Basically, it applies evenly to…

— Fred DeLuca

In the general economy, you get government involved in making market decisions - first of all, they're going to get it wrong. For a…

— Ron Johnson

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

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

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…

— Bill Pascrell