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Wage Quotes

Viewpoints on minimum wage and what fair pay should look like.

These wage quotes capture different sides of the minimum wage debate, from arguments that raising it helps the economy to views that oppose a mandated living wage. See About quotes for more short opinions.

Raising the minimum wage isn't just pro-worker; it's pro-economic growth.

Quotes by Tom Perez

The real minimum wage is zero.

Quotes by Thomas Sowell

A minimum wage leads to higher levels of unemployment.

Quotes by Steve Hanke

The value of the minimum wage shouldn't be eroded, and it has been.

Quotes by Robert J. Garagiola

About Quotes

Many women are heads of households. Many are the primary wage earners for their families.

Quotes by Marsha Blackburn

Wage violations are tantamount to theft.

Quotes by Letitia James

Middle-income wage earners have essentially had no pay increases since 2000.

Quotes by Lawrence Kudlow

I do not support a livable wage.

Quotes by Karen Handel

The minimum wage should be a living wage.

Quotes by Jon Ossoff

Agreements Quotes

In the steel industry the corporations generally have accepted collective bargaining and negotiated wage agreements with the Committee for Industrial Organization.

Quotes by John L. Lewis

Statistical studies are all over the lot about the pluses and minuses of raising the minimum wage.

Quotes by Edmund Phelps

I've never supported a wage tax and I've never supported a payroll tax.

Quotes by David Dewhurst

The power to wage war is the power to wage war successfully.

Quotes by Charles Evans Hughes

Incremental increases in the minimum wage won't address the underlying skills and investment gaps in Illinois.

Quotes by Bruce Rauner

Been Quotes

I believe in $15 as a minimum wage.

Quotes by Andrew Cuomo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do these quotes agree on the minimum wage?
No - they represent opposing views, from support for raising it to explicit opposition to a mandated livable wage.
What's the argument that raising the minimum wage helps growth?
One quote frames it as pro-worker and pro-economic-growth at the same time, rather than a trade-off.
Is there a quote against a livable wage requirement?
Yes, one states plainly that the speaker does not support a livable wage.
What does 'the real minimum wage is zero' mean?
It's making the point that without a wage floor, the lowest possible pay has no limit at all.
Is there a quote favoring a living wage instead?
Yes, one argues the minimum wage should be set at the level of a living wage rather than a bare minimum.

Other lines argue the opposite: that a true minimum wage should guarantee a livable income. Browse Believe and Agreements quotes for related pages.