#wages

In this view, the role of the great majority of Americans is simply to buy the products produced, work happily for their wages, and leave all of the significant economic decisions to the capitalists. ↗

— Barney Frank

#capitalists #decisions #economic #great #great majority

It is no longer an unwritten law of American capitalism that industry will attempt to maintain wages at a level that allows a single wage to support a family. ↗

— Christopher Lasch

#american #attempt #capitalism #family #industry

The more I see of democracy the more I dislike it. It just brings everything down to the mere vulgar level of wages and prices, electric light and water closets, and nothing else. ↗

— David Herbert Lawrence

#closets #democracy #dislike #down #electric

Since NAFTA was put in place, Mexico has lost 1.9 million jobs and most Mexicans' real wages have fallen. ↗

— Stephen F. Lynch

#jobs #lost #mexicans #mexico #million

Average real wages in Mexican manufacturing are lower than they were 10 years ago, if you can believe that. ↗

— Stephen F. Lynch

#average #believe #lower #manufacturing #mexican

The more the division of labor and the application of machinery extend, the more does competition extend among the workers, the more do their wages shrink together. ↗

— Karl Marx

#application #competition #division #does #extend

Uncontrolled, mass immigration displaces British workers, forces people onto benefits, and suppresses wages for the low-paid. ↗

— Theresa May

#british #forces #immigration #mass #onto

Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#average #average american #formerly #got #much

While prices of goods continue to rise, American worker's wages remain stagnant. ↗

— Ed Pastor

#continue #goods #prices #remain #rise

I had watched for many years and seen how a few rich families held much of Argentina's wealth and power in their hands. So Peron and the government brought in an eight hour working day , sickness pay and fair wages to give poor workers a fair go . ↗

— Evita Peron

#brought #day #eight #fair #families