Political Quotes

“today the minimum wage is at a level so low that it represents only one-third of the average hourly wage for American workers as a whole. This represents the lowest level for a minimum wage since 1949. This is not a ``living wage''; it is not even a ``minimum wage.'' It is actually a ``sub-minimum wage.'' Today, American families need a minimum wage increase because there is no maximum on gas prices at the pump. American families need a minimum wage increase because there is no maximum on the cost of prescription drugs and a doctor's visit. American families need a minimum wage increase because there is no maximum on the cost of getting a college education. While the Bush administration sits on its hands as gas prices, tuition expenses, housing, and health care costs go through the roof, it nails the lid shut on most hard-working Americans as to how much they can earn. Administration friends, like Halliburton, get no-bid, billion-dollar, open-ended contracts; but the administration cannot spare an extra eight quarters and a dime for those Americans that are doing some of the hardest and dirtiest work in our society.…”