Political Quotes

“I would like to say this. Why can the greatest Nation in the world with very smart people not increase take-home pay without costing anybody their job? I have yet to have anybody come down here and deny the fact that we are going to have between 100,000 and 500,000 people lose their job if we raise the minimum wage. Using their own numbers, 37 percent of the people earning minimum wage are under 20. One gentleman said, well, 19,000 people may lose their job, but three hundred and some thousand will get a pay increase. That is not a good trade-off. Go tell it to the 19,000. If you are at a football stadium this year, remember this. If it is a 100,000-seat stadium, everybody sitting in the stadium is going to be some kid without a job. We are the greatest nation in the world. We should be able to do better. Because President Clinton has the ability to flip-flop with style and grace on an issue that is going to cost people jobs, that is no reason for my party to follow along.”