Minimum wage Quote by Thomas Sowell

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

Yet it ought to be clear that a minimum wage law is, at best, a limited weapon for combatting the evil of low wages,…

— Henry Hazlitt

This [minimum wage] legislation, passed by the 81st Congress at its first session, is an important addition to the laws we live by. It…

— Harry S. Truman

Free market economists frequently see minimum wage legislation as mere political intervention. However, there are decent economic theories which show that, under certain circumstances,…

— Ha-Joon Chang

Taking the politics out of setting the minimum wage provides fairness for workers and predictability for businesses. This legislation will also protect the most…

— Kevin Flynn

Yet it ought to be clear that a minimum wage law is, at best, a limited weapon for combatting the evil of low wages,…

— Henry Hazlitt

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

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

Minimum wage law is the 'People's Fed.' Tie minimum wage to money supply. If there is pushback against this idea, then shut down the…

— Max Keiser

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

— Murray Rothbard

The only area that I would agree with minimum wage is in immigration reform, the guest worker program.

— Ron Johnson

You need to know that a member of Congress who refuses to allow the minimum wage to come up for a vote made more…

— Anonymous