Top 1109 Wage Quotes & Sayings - Page 4
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Last updated on December 24, 2024.
On the basis of capitalism, victories like raising the minimum wage are only temporary.
Money could not be converted into capital if wage labour did not exist.
You get paid more at McDonald's than you do under the existing minimum wage.
In the 1960s, a minimum wage job would keep a family of three afloat.
Don't let anybody tell you that raising the minimum wage will kill jobs.
I'll commit suicide before I vote on a clean minimum-wage bill.
The war we have to wage today has only one goal, and that is to make the world safe for diversity.
Instead of raising the minimum wage, let's lower taxes for the working poor.
From that first wage case in 1958, I had, pretty much, rock star status.
I don't know of a single economist who disagrees that when you raise the minimum wage, you kill jobs for the poor.
An industry that cannot pay its workers a decent living wage has no right to exist.
Only vain people wage war against the vanity of others.
We should raise the minimum wage so that no one who works full time has to live in poverty
Along with a livable wage, many parents are desperate for quality affordable child care.
For many young people, the minimum wage is a stepping stone to higher employment levels.
The ability of a country to wage war is not an accurate measure of its strengths, but of its fears.
I think you have to take the whole idea of wage equality out of the film industry.
We need to wage this war against ISIS from the air, on the ground, and online, in cyberspace.
Incremental increases in the minimum wage won't address the underlying skills and investment gaps in Illinois.
There's no question raising the minimum wage excessively causes a loss of jobs.
Dad didn't earn a big wage but even if he was really ill he'd go to work.
Wage concessions are difficult to quantify, since their magnitude depends on many operating variables.
Asia has an army of low-wage laborers to thank for its economic boom.
Minimum-wage laws are one of the most powerful tools in the arsenal of racists.
I am quite uncomfortable using legislation to peg the minimum wage.
Being unemployed - or working at minimum wage - is rough in the best of circumstances.
It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it.
You put a wage behind something, it gives the act a sort of respectability.
Art isn't done to decorate apartments, but to wage war against the enemy.
If you raise the minimum wage, you're going to make people more expensive than a machine.
The only solution to the contradictions of capitalism entails the abolition of wage labour.
If you think about $7.25 an hour, that's $290 a week. It's inhumane to have that kind of wage.
Let's also, my friends, let's raise the minimum wage and support the 5 for 15 so you don't live in poverty.
Wages ought not to be insufficient to support a frugal and well-behaved wage-earner.
Any alliance whose purpose is not the intention to wage war is senseless and useless.
The family wage has been eroded by the same developments that have promoted consumerism as a way of life.
Low-wage jobs have gone offshore. We need to innovate to stay competitive.
Let me just go on record and say this: I am not for decreasing the minimum wage.
This is a sensible response to employer concerns that the minimum wage is starting to have a damaging impact on competitiveness.
The war we have to wage today has only one goal and that is to make the world safe for diversity.
The tragedy is that, as modern viewers, we've completely lost touch with what it physically takes to wage a war.
The reality is no one knows how much it will cost us to wage war with Iraq.
Mr. Speaker, the time for an increase in the minimum wage has not just arrived; it is long overdue.
The GREATEST battle you wage against FAILURE occurs on the INSIDE, not the OUTSIDE.
The current minimum wage simply is not supporting Ohio's working families.
Aggressors cannot wage total war without introducing Socialism.
I wanted to be a team player, chipping in and earning my wage. There's no other way for me.
I pay a living wage, I believe in healthcare, I declare all my income, and I don't cut corners.
The goal of a just society should be to provide satisfying work with a living wage to all its citizens.
If I hadn't gotten into the entertainment business, I would be probably making minimum wage still.
If you join ISIS, if you wage jihad on America, then you are signing your death warrant.
The wage for most musicians is a modest amount, and that includes me some of the time.
The minimum wage was due for an increase, but it was important that we offset its cost to small businesses.
I'm of the philosophy that you wage a campaign of full engagement and you use every tool in the toolbox.
The people who harvest America's food must be treated with respect and earn a living wage.
The federal government was created to defend the United States, not to wage war upon it.
The last three decades have seen the collapse of the family wage system.
Every Kentuckian, regardless of background, should have access to a job that pays a living wage.
Motherhood is a greater predictor of wage inequality than gender is. It's enormous.
Middle-income wage earners have essentially had no pay increases since 2000.
