Michael Pollan Quotes

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

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

Does anyone really believe it is possible to make even the most basic ends meet on $5.15 an hour?

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.

American workers won't be able to compete fairly for jobs until companies have to pay higher wages in countries like China and India.

The minimum wage is something that F.D.R. put in place a long time ago during the Great Depression. I don't think it worked then. It didn't solve any problems then and it hasn't solved any problems in 50 years.

Hey, you got something going here. I think we've got a chance for some progressive policy that actually focuses on poor and working people.

If a man or a woman puts in an honest day's work, they should to be able to earn a living wage.

The most important lesson to take away from allowing the minimum wage and unemployment benefit data to talk is that abstract notions of what is right, good and just should be examined from a concrete, operational point of view. A dose of reality is most edifying.

People believe that if they work, they should be paid a living wage…. Work has to pay.

We continue the policy of not permitting any needy American who can and is willing to work to starve because the Federal Government does not provide work.

We must ensure American workers get the long-overdue raise they deserve.

I have no issue with raising minimum wage, but then the customer can't say to us, 'Why are you raising your prices?'

I think, in this country, if you work 40 hours a week, and you work hard, you ought to be able to afford an apartment somewhere.

America's vast population of working poor can only get so poor before even Walmart is out of reach.

New York City has become a place where it's not easy for the working class to even live.

If you paid Americans a living wage, they would be able to pay for products made by Americans in America.

I will advocate moving the Illinois minimum wage back to the national minimum wage.

In terms of emerging economies, we absolutely believe that the prescription is social protection and a minimum wage on which people can live.

Rent and the cost of essentials like food and child care are rising so fast that wages are not keeping up.

Barack Obama and Kay Hagan think that the minimum wage needs to be the same in the mountains of North Carolina and in the city of Boston - it makes no sense to me.

I do not support a federal minimum wage. I think every state has a different economy, a different cost of living. I don't believe that's the role of the federal government.

Actually if you were to buy a bag of dried lentils it would cost you a couple of quid. Some people don't have that to spend in the first place. And not everyone wants to eat lentils.

The people who serve your fast food lunch or your after-work drinks deserve dignity - and if big companies don't start paying them enough for a decent standard of living, they have the power to close these businesses. But no one goes on strike lightly.

I don't see the minimum wage as a fight between capital and labor, between persistent small businesses and diligent employees. I think offering New Mexicans a pathway out of poverty helps all of us, no matter which side of the check you sign.