Benjamin Harrison Quotes

Compared to today's salaries, our cut was minuscule but it was very good for the time.

Workers in decent jobs view the economy as unjust if they or their children have virtually no chance of climbing to a higher rung in the socioeconomic ladder.

It's hard to make a living in this business. Unions aren't as strong as they used to be. For a journeyman actor - someone who doesn't have a famous name but has consistent work in theater or film or TV - it has become harder to get through, harder to raise a family.

The family wage has been eroded by the same developments that have promoted consumerism as a way of life.

You go to Scandinavia, and you will find that people have a much higher standard of living, in terms of education, health care and decent paying jobs.

People who go to work every day and perform the services essential to keeping our economy functioning deserve to live above the poverty level.

America's leaders need to put their feet in the shoes of working Americans.

Working 40 hours a week used to mean a minimum standard of living and a foothold on the first rung of the economic ladder to the middle class.

Stable growth ensures employment.

My best year I made $25,000. Of course, that was back in the '70s.

The more time I spent in developing countries, and the more time I spent talking to poor people, I realized what they want more than anything is a good job.

Nothing helps families make end meet than higher wages.

Everybody in America must have a sense that he can get a job and a have a decent standard of living.

Tax credits do not help people get better jobs; in fact, they can create poverty traps that actually disincentivise people from working more hours or finding a better paid job.

We focus sometimes too much on the minimum wage, and we should be talking about living wages and middle class wages and pensions and benefits and the kind of thing that people in the industrial Midwest talk about all the time.

What women care about are jobs, the economy, the unemployment rate.

Especially for the young and the lowest-skilled, minimum wage becomes a toll that prevents many from entering the work force and gaining the skills that can make a low income or middle class worker a high income worker. This is so obvious that one wonders why liberals keep championing the minimum wage cause.

Every worker needs a decent and legal source of income.

If you look at the geographic variation in long-term unemployment, it's really striking. There are pockets where employers don't want to go, but for some reason, in part because of adequate safety nets, people don't want to leave.

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

I am running because I believe strongly that we need to get folks back to work and address the needs that the folks in the 1st Congressional District have in terms of employment and economic opportunity.

There is no question that we, as a country, need to deal with economic inequality across the country, and we need to make sure we have good-paying jobs for everyone.

I always said... I want to be the one who creates jobs. I want to be the guy who develops the wealth of the nation.

People in this country should be able to find economic opportunity and meaningful jobs in the places they grew up.

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.