Minimum Wage Quotes - Page 2

It is time this Congress listened to the American people and minimum-wage workers, and it is time that we act.

Congress has not raised the minimum wage since 1997. The minimum wage is now at its lowest level in 50 years adjusted for inflation.

Once again, the Republicans in the Senate have rejected an increase in the minimum wage. They support tax breaks for multi-millionaires, but they oppose helping the working poor to earn a decent income.

A market where chief executive officers make 262 times that of the average worker and 821 times that of the minimum-wage worker is not a market that is working well. And it is surely not working well enough to build a solid middle class.

I'll commit suicide before I vote on a clean minimum-wage bill.

The bottom line is that five million low-income Americans working full time for minimum wage, deserve a raise.

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

The beauty of our democracy lies in the American value of equality: if you vote, you have a seat at the table. If you speak, you have a chance to persuade others. A billionaire and a minimum wage earner have the same power at the ballot box.

I remember the $0.05 hamburger and a $0.40-per-hour minimum wage, so I've seen a tremendous amount of inflation in my lifetime. Did it ruin the investment climate? I think not.

Raising the minimum wage a lot across the board would make a big difference. It's not the only thing, but it's an indispensable part of solving the problem.

If you raise the minimum wage, you're going to make people more expensive than a machine.

When I was a student at Princeton University, I was working part time in a grocery store. I saw an ad for teachers of a prep course. I don't remember what it paid, but it was easily double or triple the minimum wage.

The first to come and the last to go, working for that minimum wage.

What is the source of power of musicians who are financially browbeaten, most of whom work for minimum wage or less? Musicians who cannot even afford to buy tickets to operas or concerts in which they themselves perform?

We have to make the economy fairer. That starts with raising the national minimum wage and also guarantee, finally, equal pay for women's work.

The American people want to raise the minimum wage. Every poll tells us that. That bill will not get to the floor of the Senate. The American people want to ask the rich to pay more in taxes. But the legislation that will get to the floor is tax breaks for billionaires.

No person can maximize the American Dream on the minimum wage.

Giving a minimum wage reduces inequality significantly.

Raising the minimum wage is very efficient. Everybody's on the same playing field, it's a very simple rule, it doesn't require a lot of administration, you don't have to negotiate anything. It just is what it is.

This is a sensible response to employer concerns that the minimum wage is starting to have a damaging impact on competitiveness.

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

We try to pay a man what he is worth and we are not inclined to keep a man who is not worth more than the minimum wage.

We should raise the minimum wage so that no one who works full time has to live in poverty

Emotional appeals about working families trying to get by on $4.25 an hour are hard to resist.

Mike Pence, when he was in Congress, voted against raising the minimum wage above $5.15. And he has been a one-man bulwark against minimum wage increases in Indiana.