The concept of minimum wage is crazy, if... by Malcolm Wallop

Government Politician Right Conservative Senator

The concept of minimum wage is crazy, if you really stop to think about it. If $8 an hour seems right, why not $20 an hour? If it's coming by order of the government, why stop at any level? Why not just say everyone should get what Gates gets?

- Malcolm Wallop

Other quotes by Malcolm Wallop

Incompetence

The utter incompetence of the U.N. is literally incomprehensible.

- Malcolm Wallop

Conscience Ability

Finally we are a nation with some conscience. It means alliances are extremely important when they're based on a national interest. We have to have the ability to sustain our presence within those alliances.

- Malcolm Wallop

Freedom

It's insanity for a party that believes in freedom to allow some Republicans to seize an agenda that is totally alien to the agenda that was established in the election.

- Malcolm Wallop

Congress Freedom

I don't think the only place to fight for freedom is in the halls of Congress.

- Malcolm Wallop

Science World People

We are a studying nation. Scholarship from science is important to the whole world and those people need to be able to be safe and secure in what they do.

- Malcolm Wallop

Work

We're taking on Social Security as a property rights issue. We figure that every single American has an absolute property right interest in the fruits of his or her own labor. What I work for should be my property.

- Malcolm Wallop

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