#minimum wage

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

— Russ Carnahan

#million #minimum #minimum wage #people #rise

You get paid more at McDonald's than you do under the existing minimum wage. ↗

— Norm Coleman

#get #mcdonald #minimum #minimum wage #more

The concept of minimum wage is crazy, if you really stop to think about it. If $8 an hour seems right, why not $20 an hour? If it's coming by order of the government, why stop at any level? Why not just say everyone should get what Gates gets? ↗

— Malcolm Wallop

#any #coming #concept #crazy #everyone

Certainly other things we can do, we gotta promote after-school employment, give kids an opportunity, raising the minimum wage was part of that, we can't expect that young people are going to feel they can make a living out there for such low wages. ↗

— Matt Gonzalez

#certainly #employment #expect #feel #give

Today, the Federal minimum wage purchases less than it has at any point in the last 50 years. Let me repeat: The Federal minimum wage purchases less than it has at any point in the last 50 years. ↗

— Alcee Hastings

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

— J. D. Hayworth

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The national minimum wage has not been increased in 9 years. By year's end, 21 States across America will have a minimum wage exceeding the Federal minimum wage. ↗

— Sherwood Boehlert

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It has now been over 7 years since Congress last raised the minimum wage to its current level of $5.15 per hour. Since that last increase, Congress's failure to adjust the wage for inflation has reduced the purchasing power of the minimum wage to record low levels. ↗

— Jon Corzine

#been #congress #current #failure #hour

When we talk about the minimum wage, we have to ask ourselves what it is that we owe both our workers and employers. I think clearly we owe them fairness. ↗

— Dalton McGuinty

#ask #both #clearly #employers #fairness

I thought in this country, the best social program was a job. Yet minimum wage jobs aren't paying enough to keep families out of poverty. ↗

— Barbara Mikulski

#country #enough #families #i #job