John Raese Quotes

I can tell you what people on minimum wage want: They want a career. They don't want a minimum wage.

No person can maximize the American Dream on the minimum wage.

When we talk about the kind of folks whose lives will be made better by raising the minimum wage, we're not talking about a couple teenagers earning extra spending money to supplement their allowance. We're talking about providers and breadwinners. Working Americans with bills to pay and mouths to feed.

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.

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.

I support people making more than $9. I want people to make as much as they can.

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

I'm not sure there's another way to help move more people out of poverty than to raise the minimum wage.

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.

Low rents mean families have more resources to improve their quality of life and invest in the next generation, facilitating upward mobility.

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.

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.

There is no greater ladder into the middle class than education.

Together we will build an America where hope is a new job with a paycheck, not a faded word on an old bumper sticker.

I am working hard to ensure that working families can continue to afford to live in our city.

I was making almost minimum wage on 'The Young and the Restless.' But it was my first job, so I accepted my first quote. I had a great time on it, and it obviously led me to better things.

Mr. Speaker, the time for an increase in the minimum wage has not just arrived; it is long overdue.

Ten years ago I said, you know, my goal is to be able to get food on the table. What I'm trying to say by that is trying to create a vibrant, capable and effective middle class. The quicker and stronger that we can be able to do this, the easier it is for political reform to move forward.

In the wealthiest nation on Earth, no one who works a full time job should have to live in poverty. That's a fundamental value proposition, an article of faith in our country that I know an overwhelming majority of Americans agree on.

People everywhere in the world are hungry for economic opportunity. And it's about a lot more than being able to make money.

The national minimum wage has not been increased in 9 years. By year's end, 21 States across America will have a minimum wage exceeding the Federal minimum wage.

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

If you're the cashier at Burger King, of course you make less than the manager or even the CEO. The issue is whether you're stuck being a cashier for the rest of your life.

6.6 million people will benefit from a rise in the minimum wage.

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