Bill Clinton: “Well, I think they should be pretty good. The more we see the evidence--you know, there was a very moving piece in one…”

“Well, I think they should be pretty good. The more we see the evidence--you know, there was a very moving piece in one of the papers yesterday on that community in North Carolina that has such a high percentage of minimum wage workers. I saw a television interview the other night with a lady working, I believe, in southwest Virginia, who gave an answer to the question that has become the battle cry for the minimum wage around here when she said, ``Well, some people say if we raise your minimum wage, that you could lose your job because more of the work will be done by machines,'' and she looked at the interviewer and said, ``Honey, I'll take my chances.'' [Laughter] That's sort of become our battle cry around here for the minimum wage. I will say this, in 1989, or the last time the minimum wage was raised, whatever year it was, '91, the bipartisan support was truly impressive. It ought to be there again. Half of this minimum wage increase is necessary just to bring the minimum wage back up to the point where it was when it was raised the last time. The other half would be a modest increase in the living standards of people who are working hard to support themselves and often their children. So I'm going to keep fighting for it. I'm going to keep working for it. And my instinct is, we've got a pretty good chance to pass it. Deficit Reduction”