“I believe the United States should join the rest of the world through paid family and medical leave. It would cost us a $1.61 a week in an increase in payroll tax.I think that`s a great investment.” ThinkingWorldShouldBelieveStatesI BelieveUnitedUnited StatesWeekCostTaxesIncreasePaidInvestmentMedicalPayrollPayroll Tax Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“It is lunacy to be bringing refugees into this country who may be terrorists trying to murder Americans.” TryingMayCountryMurderTerroristRefugeeLunacy Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“I said, we should allow no Syrian refugees into the country, not even women or children.” ShouldChildrenSaidCountryRefugeeSyrian Refugees Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.” StatesUnitedUnited StatesTrumpCallingEnteringStupid RepublicanAnti Islam Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“According to the international organization for migration, more than 1 million migrants have arrived in Europe this year, the most since World War II. Half of them were Syrian.” WorldYearsWarHalfMillionsEuropeOrganizationInternationalWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiWorld War IMigrationMigrants Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“This year [2015] has shown with painful clarity that our existing systems, approaches, and funding, are inadequate to the task at hand, and to the amount of human suffering that is ongoing.” YearsHumansHandsSufferingAmountApproachTasksPainfulClarityOngoingFundingInadequateHuman SufferingTask At Hand Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“I agree that we have to have the toughest screening and vetting that we can have, but I don`t think a halt is necessary. What we have to do is put all of our resources through the Department of Homeland Security, through the State Department, through our intelligence agencies, and we have to have an increased vetting and screening .” ThinkingStatesSecurityResourcesAgreeAgencyDepartmentHomelandHaltScreeningHomeland SecurityIntelligence AgenciesDepartment Of Homeland Security Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“The screening in the United States is the toughest screening of any country in the world in terms of refugees, that accepts refugees. And of course there are those that don`t accept any, or ever have, no matter what kind they are.” WorldKindCountryMatterStatesCoursesTermUnitedAcceptingUnited StatesNo Matter WhatRefugeeScreening Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“The truth is that people - many people are concerned about this, but this is not the first time in America this has happened. There were a significant number of people who didn`t want Jewish refugees before World War II, or even during World War II.” PeopleWorldWantFirstsWarAmericaNumbersHappenedTruth IsFirst TimeConcernedSignificantWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiWorld War IRefugeeSignificant Numbers Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“Safety concerns are reasonable. Banning refugees is certainly not.” ConcernSafetyReasonableRefugee Author:Lawrence O'Donnell