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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.
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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.
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How can anyone live off of minimum wage?
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The real minimum wage is zero.
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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.
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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.
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Mr. Speaker, the time for an increase in the minimum wage has not just arrived; it is long overdue.
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Congress has not raised the minimum wage since 1997. The minimum wage is now at its lowest level in 50 years adjusted for inflation.
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