Mitt Romney Quotes

I think the minimum wage outght to keep pace with inflation. I think the minimum wage is a good thing to have in our country and I think it ought to be updated.

The value of the minimum wage shouldn't be eroded, and it has been.

The minimum wage should be a living wage.

I think the right-wingers have to buddy up to the fact that either the minimum wage has to go up, and people get enough money to live, or you're always going to have people needing government assistance. You can't have it both ways.

I think we should increase the minimum wage and I think $15 is a good beginning.

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

Raising the minimum wage means raising the living wage - and that's good news for Ohio.

We have to raise the minimum wage.

It has now been over 7 years since Congress last raised the minimum wage to its current level of $5.15 per hour. Since that last increase, Congress's failure to adjust the wage for inflation has reduced the purchasing power of the minimum wage to record low levels.

President Obama believes that income inequality is one of the most pressing matters facing the nation. If we are going to be a country that provides ladders of opportunity and believes in a thriving middle class, then we have to raise the minimum wage.

living wage

I've been very outspoken that the minimum wage needs to rise.

I think that people need a livable wage.

Raising the minimum wage a lot across the board would make a big difference. It's not the only thing, but it's an indispensable part of solving the problem.

I think the minimum wage will be the centerpiece of the State of Union. I think it should be the centerpiece of the State of the Union. And it should be very focused on that because, as you said, Republicans in the rest of the country are for it.

We should raise the national minimum wage.

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

Today a minimum wage earner has to work a day and a half just to pay for a full tank of gas. That is simply shameful.

During Seattle's successful campaign for a $15 an hour minimum wage, our opponents would sometimes roll their eyes and snort, 'If $15 is so good, why not $50?' It was a straw man argument: Nobody was proposing a $50 minimum wage; it would have been too high, and we said so.

Raising the minimum wage isn't just pro-worker; it's pro-economic growth.

Today, the Federal minimum wage purchases less than it has at any point in the last 50 years. Let me repeat: The Federal minimum wage purchases less than it has at any point in the last 50 years.

The minimum wage was enacted in 1937 during the Great Depression and it has been increased 16 times. It's a well-established economic policy to help families.

You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.

Raising the minimum wage is the right thing to do, but it's a popular thing to do as well.

Inflation is bringing us true democracy. For the first time in history, luxuries and necessities are selling at the same price.