The thing about us businesspeople is that we love our customers rich and our employees poor. Nick Hanauer businesspersoncustomeremployee Change image and share on social
We plutocrats need to get this trickle-down economics thing behind us: this idea that the better we do, the better everyone else will do. It's not true. How could it be? I earn 1,000 times the median wage, but I do not buy 1,000 times as much stuff, do I? Nick Hanauer 000buyearn share on social
If low taxes were the way that people like me created wealth, then we'd be starting our companies in the Congo or Somalia or Afghanistan, but we're not. We come to places where there are lots and lots of customers. Nick Hanauer afghanistancompanycongo share on social
During Seattle's successful campaign for a $15 an hour minimum wage, our opponents would sometimes roll their eyes and snort, 'If $15 is so good, why not $50?' It was a straw man argument: Nobody was proposing a $50 minimum wage; it would have been too high, and we said so. Nick Hanauer argumentcampaigneye share on social
The higher the unemployment rate, the more leverage I have to 'encourage' you to 'do what it takes' to keep your job. And so you work even more hours, pushing unemployment up and wages down. And that, my friends, is one of the little tricks that keeps you poor and me rich. Nick Hanauer encouragefriendhigh share on social
In a sufficiently prosperous society where people specialize sufficiently, and where enough of the crappy work is done by machines, all work becomes art. Nick Hanauer artcrappymachine Change image and share on social
Diversity is America's most valuable resource. It is what makes us the most innovative nation on Earth. Nick Hanauer americadiversityearth Change image and share on social
Government does create prosperity and growth by creating the conditions that allow both entrepreneurs and their customers to thrive; balancing the power of capitalists like me and workers isn't bad for capitalism - it's essential to it. Nick Hanauer badbalancecapitalism share on social
Prosperity isn't something that squirts out of rich people. Nick Hanauer peopleprosperityrich Change image and share on social
The theory that if wages go up, employment goes down isn't a physical law like F=MA. It's a moral law, like 'Bedtime is 9:00 P.M.' Nick Hanauer bedtimeemploymentlaw Change image and share on social
