Credit Quote by Mike Coffman

There is a tremendous movement on to get lower taxes on earned incomes. Then will come the real problem, 'Who among us on salary…

— Will Rogers

If you had a basic income, it would mean that everybody would have a base on top of which their earned income would be…

— Guy Standing

Raising the minimum wage and lowering the barriers to union organization would carry a trade-off - higher unemployment. A better idea is to have…

— Paul Krugman

We should try to ensure that everyone has a fair opportunity to find a great life. It's a quest that will require political will…

— Sendhil Mullainathan

Tax credits are designed to help people who work hard but who, through no fault of their own, don't earn enough to keep their…

— Nicola Sturgeon

When taxpayers are subsidizing low wages, people should be aware of that. We're subsidizing an economy. We're not subsidizing people. They are doing a…

— Nancy Pelosi

If a market exists for low-paid work, then we should think about how we can make this type of work more attractive by providing…

— Angela Merkel

“The inexorable rise of inequality can be countered at the top by higher taxes on the highest earners who have captured so much more…

— Robert J. Gordon

There is some talk of lowering (the income tax), and they will have to. People are not making enough to pay it.

— Will Rogers

Many hard working people in low paid jobs get housing benefit.

— Nicola Sturgeon

I pay low wages. I can take advantage of that. We're going to be successful, but the basis is a very low-wage, low-benefit model…

— Sam Walton

Higher income people don't have to pay taxes if they don't want to.

— Rick Santorum