One man's wage increase is another man's price increase.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The man who does more than he is paid for will soon be paid for more than he does.
Men make more money but have lower net worths.
A rise in wages, from an alteration in the value of money, produces a general effect on price, and for that reason it produces no real effect whatever on profits.
This government has always said increasing pay is something for something.
Mr. Speaker, the time for an increase in the minimum wage has not just arrived; it is long overdue.
For Members of Congress, we are saying here on the Democratic side of the aisle we are not going to vote for another pay increase for Members of Congress until the American people get an increase.
My own experience in the third world was that even if people started to make more money, the cost of living and housing increased often faster than the wages.
No one should be so naive as to think that wages among organized groups will not be increased, under pressure if necessary, to make up for increases in the cost-of-living, nor should anyone ordinarily object to such adjustments.
No man pays double or twice for the same thing, forasmuch as nothing can be spent but once.
Man tends to increase at a greater rate than his means of subsistence.
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