“Whether we were doing the minimum-wage increase or not this year, the wages were still going to go up because of the market. There always will be people who need to start at minimum wage, but there are not many people that have to in this market.”
Beth Busch
“Why is minimum wage a number that is set in stone why don't we treat minimum wage rates like taxes the more money a corporation profits the higher the minimum wage rate they should have to pay.”
Kenneth waters Jr
“Choteau is a minimum-wage town. Montana is not all that great for wages,”
Susan Miller
“Choteau is a minimum-wage town. Montana is not all that great for wages.”
“The purpose of the minimum wage is not to give somebody earning $25 an hour a $2-an-hour raise.”
Chris Cramer
“Given the fact that Maine has raised its minimum wage each year for the last five years, that our minimum wage is currently $1.35 above the federal minimum wage and that Maine experienced a net loss of 600 jobs in 2005, one would wonder how it could possibly be true that raising the minimum wage again is going to improve our economy.”
David Bowles
“I can assure your viewers that real minimum wages are not going to be cut,”
Mr Howard