doing augment/persuaision paper on minimum wage, need help with quote

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the quote may have been from Bill Moyers. It is something about <MW being the threshold under which no (decent? civilized?) society will let its people fall below>
At least I hope it was about MW. I know that Google is my friend but I used several different combinations with and without Moyers and have gone through 20 google pages and none were what I wanted
Thanks for any help

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1. I would recommend a few things -

first, try doing a search within Bill Moyer's Journal online. http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/index-flash.html That might narrow it down for you.

Don't search for TOO much - start with "minimum wage" and than add words that you are sure were in the original quote if you get to many hits.

Are you doing this for a class? Does your college or university library have access to Lexis-Nexis Academic? If the Moyers' quote was in a print article, you may be able to locate it through that source.

If you cannot find the Moyers' quote, consider looking for something similar from Barbara Ehrenreich. You should also consider reading, at the very least, her book "Nickeled and Dimed" which will give you a healthy handful of examples to support your argument (I assume you're arguing for a higher minimum wage).

Good luck with you paper (and watch your spelling - remember that "spell check" is NOT your friend, but the dictionary is!)

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2. thanks

I started the way you suggested and added on. I am citing some of BE's data but I thought this real (or imagined quote--I am often told that I must make this kind of thing up because no one else seems to have any memory of it)would be the perfect basis for a final paragraph. Spring Break school library closed didn't think about public library, though

[enlightenment]

3. Ah - our Spring break just ended last week,

my students are just shaking off the effects! Good for you, working through break - I was never good at that!

As for the imagining things - join the crowd. ;)

So, if you can't find the quote, try one of these (pretty cool website, I think!):

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/wage.html