#minimum wage

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

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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

The state of Alaska has a minimum wage which is higher than the federal level because our state leaders have made that determination. ↗

— Joe Miller

#because #determination #federal #federal level #higher

Over the last 10 years a huge amount has been achieved in getting people into work. Measures such as the New Deal, tax credits, the minimum wage and improved childcare have brought about record numbers of people in work, a number that is still rising despite the global economic slowdown. ↗

— Lucy Powell

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The current minimum wage simply is not supporting Ohio's working families. ↗

— Sherrod Brown

#families #minimum #minimum wage #ohio #simply

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. ↗

— Mark Dayton

#breaks #decent #earn #helping #income

Taxes on capital, taxes on labor, inflation, bureaucratic regulation, minimum wage laws, are all - to different degrees - unnecessary slices of the wedge that stand between an individual's effort and reward for that effort. ↗

— Jack Kemp

#bureaucratic #capital #degrees #different #effort

Congress has not raised the minimum wage since 1997. The minimum wage is now at its lowest level in 50 years adjusted for inflation. ↗

— Russ Carnahan

#congress #inflation #level #lowest #minimum

Ohio is one of only two states that have a minimum wage below the federal level of $5.15 an hour. ↗

— Sherrod Brown

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Thousands of Ohio families are going deeper and deeper in debt just trying to pay their heating bills, fill prescriptions, and buy groceries. The current minimum wage is simply not enough. ↗

— Sherrod Brown

#buy #current #debt #deeper #enough