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Along with a livable wage, many parents are desperate for quality affordable child care.
It is an uphill fight to persuade workers that the minimum wage is not in their interest.
I'm not going to raise taxes; I'm not going to have a wage increase for public employees.
Many women are heads of households. Many are the primary wage earners for their families.
When I was young, I had minimum wage jobs as a busboy, flipping burgers and parking cars.
The people who harvest America's food must be treated with respect and earn a living wage.
Raising the minimum wage is the right thing to do, but it's a popular thing to do as well.
Man's idea of God, and a God's collusion, is an essential part of the equation to wage war.
If Donald Trump wants to raise the minimum wage to $15, yes, I will work with Donald Trump.
Move over, Helen of Troy; Jenny Trout is going to wage a war on good health and fit bodies!
I needed to pay for my horses in Warwickshire, and I couldn't do that off a waitress' wage.
Even if we raised the minimum wage to $15 an hour, it's still hard to prosper on that wage.
If you think about $7.25 an hour, that's $290 a week. It's inhumane to have that kind of wage.
I pay a living wage, I believe in healthcare, I declare all my income, and I don't cut corners.
Minimum wage laws have never worked in terms of having the middle class attain more prosperity.
If a man or a woman puts in an honest day's work, they should to be able to earn a living wage.
The minimum wage can play a vital role in lifting hard-working families above the poverty line.
Every Kentuckian, regardless of background, should have access to a job that pays a living wage.
Ohio is one of only two states that have a minimum wage below the federal level of $5.15 an hour.
The war we have to wage today has only one goal and that is to make the world safe for diversity.
It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it.
I have said, on a number of occasions, that we could have a lower minimum wage or no minimum wage.
If I hadn't gotten into the entertainment business, I would be probably making minimum wage still.
Statistical studies are all over the lot about the pluses and minuses of raising the minimum wage.
Mr. Speaker, the time for an increase in the minimum wage has not just arrived; it is long overdue.
Raising the minimum wage means we have workers paying more in to support the Social Security system.
I can tell you what people on minimum wage want: They want a career. They don't want a minimum wage.
We made a demand for the the same wage rates to be paid in the Canadian plants as in the U.S. plants.
Wage concessions are difficult to quantify, since their magnitude depends on many operating variables.
The only area that I would agree with minimum wage is in immigration reform, the guest worker program.
It's a tragedy, but with your support and your help we will wage this fight and we're going to win it.
The goal of a just society should be to provide satisfying work with a living wage to all its citizens.
I'm not sure there's another way to help move more people out of poverty than to raise the minimum wage.
If you paid Americans a living wage, they would be able to pay for products made by Americans in America.
The family wage has been eroded by the same developments that have promoted consumerism as a way of life.
I do feel like food should cost more, because we aren't paying farmers a living wage. It has to cost more.
My politics are food-related - food banks, the living wage, zero hour contracts - and my food is political.
I absolutely don't think a sentient artificial intelligence is going to wage war against the human species.
The minimum wage was due for an increase, but it was important that we offset its cost to small businesses.
War is so unjust and ugly that all who wage it must try to stifle the voice of conscience within themselves.
The bottom line is that five million low-income Americans working full time for minimum wage, deserve a raise.
Chronic insecurity will not be overcome by minimum wage laws, tax credits, means-tested benefits, or workfare.
Incremental increases in the minimum wage won't address the underlying skills and investment gaps in Illinois.
But only a brief moment is granted to the brave one breath or two, whose wage is the long nights of the grave.
I want to wage war against illiteracy, poverty, unemployment, unfair competition, communitarianism, delinquency.
I don't know of a single economist who disagrees that when you raise the minimum wage, you kill jobs for the poor.
I have serious concerns with the discussion around minimum wage because it drives up costs, and it could harm jobs.
Establishing a 'livable wage' floor would immediately reduce the gap in average pay between American women and men.
By tying minimum wage to money supply, the poor's income would rise and fall with the rise and fall in money supply.
How can I wage political battle against a widow who does not mean anyone any harm except only the president himself?