Peter Schiff Quotes

Well, for me the canning factory was minimum wage, which at the time I believe was $3.40 or something. I was just happy to have a job.

Policies that promote better wages and better jobs would be super-helpful, and I'm a big fan of programs that encourage people to go where jobs are.

For many young people, the minimum wage is a stepping stone to higher employment levels.

I believe that if we are going to create jobs in this country, then let's create jobs that will absolutely put the working-class people at work to the point where they have one job. They don't have to work three because they have to work Wendy's, McDonald's, and Walmart to survive.

A job is the best cure for poverty, and that's why economic development and job creation has been my principle focus.

Instead of focusing on this sort of defeatist mentality where we've gotta up the minimum wage, why don't we focus on creating better-paying jobs?

Over the last 10 years a huge amount has been achieved in getting people into work. Measures such as the New Deal, tax credits, the minimum wage and improved childcare have brought about record numbers of people in work, a number that is still rising despite the global economic slowdown.

In short, avoiding the scourge of unemployment may have less to do with chasing after growth and more to do with building an economy of care, craft and culture. And in doing so, restoring the value of decent work to its rightful place at the heart of society.

Working lives are for the state to influence. Unemployment makes people unhappy. So does instability.

Can the private sector create enough good jobs that pay well for everyone that wants one?

Either Men or Women that have a Trade, or are Labourers, can, if industrious, get near three times the Wages they commonly earn in EngIand.

The issue most on Hoosiers' minds is job creation, job retention, and household income.

We need to be a party saying, 'We are not going to be happy until we get those $30, $40, $50 an hour jobs back for working-class people.'

I want to create an economy where minimum wage is a very brief stepping stone to higher-paying jobs so people can realize their dreams.

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.

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

We have to make sure everyone in California has a great job. A fantastic job!

Yeah, well when I first started working, it was $5 a show; it was probably a little higher by the time I got to my own show, but I remember that they put me under contract at $100 a week, which to me was really an astronomical price.

The most important social welfare program in America is a job.

In general, everyone wants to work and work more. But in fact, when a young generation has sufficient capability then we should create conditions for them to work.

Most of America doesn't pay dishwashers $10.

Let's listen to the people and find common ground to remove barriers to job creation.

When you grow up with a mother who has to wash dishes and clean hotel rooms, you know the importance of having a job, and you can't be without a job for any length of time, or you will be without anything.

We may not realize it, but a crucial step in building a healthy economy is helping people move from welfare to work.

I won't stop fighting to make life better for working Americans and give those who are just trying to find a decent job the opportunity to do so.