I was making almost minimum wage on 'The Young and the Restless. ' But it was my first job, so I accepted my first quote. I had a great time on it, and it obviously led me to better things.
If you're fighting against a minimum wage increase, you're fighting an uphill battle, because most Americans, even most Republicans, are okay with raising the minimum wage.
Remember that the minimum wage law provides no jobs; it only outlaws them; and outlawed jobs are the inevitable result.
Ohio is one of only two states that have a minimum wage below the federal level of $5. 15 an hour.
Mike Pence, when he was in Congress, voted against raising the minimum wage above $5. 15. And he has been a one-man bulwark against minimum wage increases in Indiana.
I thought in this country, the best social program was a job. Yet minimum wage jobs arent paying enough to keep families out of poverty
I believe in raising the minimum wage and equal pay for work.
The Republicans believe in the minimum wage -- the more the minimum, the better.
The bottom line is that five million low-income Americans working full time for minimum wage, deserve a raise.
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.
We should raise the minimum wage so that no one who works full time has to live in poverty
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.
Teddy Roosevelt supported a progressive income tax. If I am sitting pretty and you've got a waitress who is making minimum wage plus tips, and I can afford it and she can't, what's the big deal for me to say, 'I'm going to pay a little bit more'? That is neighborliness.
No parent at home is saying my gosh, if we can just get a higher minimum wage, all of our aspirations have been realized.
Many unions have contracts with employers that are based on a multiple of the prevailing minimum wage. If the minimum wage goes up, union salaries go up by a similar percentage.
Luxury, like a minimum wage, is a relationship; it changes as we change.
Most arguments for instituting or raising a minimum wage are based on fairness and redistribution. Even if workers are getting a competitive wage, many of us are deeply disturbed that some hard-working families still have very little.
No family gets rich from earning the minimum wage. In fact, the current minimum wage does not even lift a family out of poverty.
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.
Giving a minimum wage reduces inequality significantly.
