The purpose of the minimum wage is not to give somebody earning $25 an hour a $2-an-hour raise.

There are people who would like to get rid of minimum wage. But we have to have it, because if we didn't some people would not get paid money. They would work all week for two loaves of bread and some Spam.

I don't know of a single economist who disagrees that when you raise the minimum wage, you kill jobs for the poor.

Ohio is one of only two states that have a minimum wage below the federal level of $5.15 an hour.

McDonald's does not close down and move across the state line when you raise the minimum wage.

The real minimum wage is zero.