#wage

The three most harmful addictions are heroin, carbohydrates, and a monthly salary. ↗

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

#carbohydrates #diabesity #dr-hyman #dr-robert-lustig #labor

In individual industries where female labour pays an important role, any movement advocating better wages, shorter working hours, etc., would not be doomed from the start because of the attitude of those women workers who are not organized. ↗

— Clara Zetkin

#any #attitude #because #better #doomed

The capitalists speculate on the two following factors: the female worker must be paid as poorly as possible and the competition of female labour must be employed to lower the wages of male workers as much as possible. ↗

— Clara Zetkin

#competition #employed #factors #female #following

Similarly, today, we do not know what will happen as we wage the War on Terror. We do know that we can count on the strong support from our closest ally and friend in the world in winning this war to secure our freedoms and the freedoms for all peoples throughout the world. ↗

— Kit Bond

#closest #count #freedoms #friend #happen

Since Bush has been in office, African-American women have fallen behind in terms of income and wages. ↗

— Donna Brazile

#african-american women #american women #been #behind #bush

Since the German people, with unparalleled heroism, but also at the cost of fearful sacrifices, has waged war against half the world, it is our right and our duty to obtain safety and independence for ourselves at sea. ↗

— Bernhard von Bulow

#also #cost #duty #fearful #german

The wage for most musicians is a modest amount, and that includes me some of the time. ↗

— David Byrne

#includes #me #modest #most #musicians

Socialism is good when it comes to wages, but it tells me nothing when it comes to other questions in life that are more private and painful, for which I must seek answers elsewhere. ↗

— Karel Capek

#comes #elsewhere #good #i #life

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

— Russ Carnahan

#american #american people #congress #listened #minimum-wage

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

— Russ Carnahan

#million #minimum #minimum wage #people #rise