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I have not heard almost anybody suggest that raising the minimum wage to the level we have in Vermont has been an impediment to our economy which is doing reasonably well ... If somebody is going to work that person has got to receive at least a wage that they can go out and live with dignity on. That's an extremely important point.

Today a minimum wage earner has to work a day and a half just to pay for a full tank of gas. That is simply shameful.

At the current $5.15 an hour, the federal minimum wage has become a poverty wage. A full-time worker with one child lives below the official poverty line.

But music is, at the very minimum, inflammatory, exclusionary, divisive, encouraging of snobbery and solipsism.

Pay minimum wage, you get minimum work. Nobody seems to get that.

Ohio is one of only two states that have a minimum wage below the federal level of $5.15 an hour.

Anyone who's tried to pay a heating bill, fill a prescription, or simply buy groceries knows all too well that the current minimum wage does not cut the mustard.

6.6 million people will benefit from a rise in the minimum wage.

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.

I recommend limiting one's involvement in other people's lives to a pleasantly scant minimum.

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.

With average or even minimum ability, success is still very possible.

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.

I do meet-and-greets at every show and meet a minimum of 20-35 fans at each.

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.

Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.