Inevitable Quote by Murray Rothbard

Minimum wage laws make it illegal for a worker to accept a job that pays less, even if the worker needs that job.

— Peter Schiff

Well, jobs are a great thing. You have to be a bit careful: If you raise the minimum wage, you’re encouraging labor substitution and…

— Bill Gates

Reduced employment opportunities is one effect of minimum wage legislation. The minimum wage law has imposed incalculable harm on the disadvantaged members of our…

— Walter E. Williams

What I want to do is create jobs that make the minimum wage irrelevant.

— Thom Tillis

Don’t let anybody tell you that raising the minimum wage will kill jobs,

— Hillary Clinton

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

Minimum wage laws tragically generate unemployment, especially so among the poorest and least skilled or educated workers... Because a minimum wage, of course, does…

— Murray Rothbard

No one seriously believes that cutting the minimum wage is good for workers.

— Jason Kander

A minimum-wage law, a law that prevents employers and employees from entering into mutually beneficial economic exchanges, is as far from a free market…

— Jacob G. Hornberger

There's no question raising the minimum wage excessively causes a loss of jobs.

— Mitt Romney

Especially for the young and the lowest-skilled, minimum wage becomes a toll that prevents many from entering the work force and gaining the skills…

— Stephen Moore

A minimum-wage law is, in reality, a law that makes it illegal for an employer to hire a person with limited skills.

— Milton Friedman