Minimum Wage Quotes
The debate over a fair day's pay.
These minimum wage quotes capture the tension between fair pay for workers and broader economic consequences, drawing from real policy debate. Read more in our Fairness quotes.
Being unemployed - or working at minimum wage - is rough in the best of circumstances.
The minimum wage can play a vital role in lifting hard-working families above the poverty line.
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The typical minimum wage earner is a provider and a breadwinner - most likely a woman - responsible for paying bills, running a household and raising children.
Economy Quotes
Instead of focusing on this sort of defeatist mentality where we've gotta up the minimum wage, why don't we focus on creating better-paying jobs?
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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.
Mr. Speaker, the time for an increase in the minimum wage has not just arrived; it is long overdue.
Congress has not raised the minimum wage since 1997. The minimum wage is now at its lowest level in 50 years adjusted for inflation.
Fairness Quotes
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.
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Instead of raising the minimum wage, let's lower taxes for the working poor.
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From comparisons with fast-food pay to arguments over taxes, this topic shows how personal and political the minimum wage conversation gets. See our Economy quotes.
