“Congress had the opportunity to extend tax relief to working families without increasing the deficit. Instead, we were handed a bill that favors the wealthy and eliminates deductions that benefit the middle class.” OpportunityClassMiddleTaxesBenefitsBillsCongressFavorsReliefMiddle ClassWealthyDeficitDeductions Author:Rick Larsen
“I'm more than a little suspicious of humor in poems, because I think it can at times be a way of getting a reaction out of a reader, or an audience, that is something closer to relief: i.e., thank god this isn't poetry, but stand-up comedy. Some poets are really funny, but more often poets are fourth rate stand up comics at best. But they benefit from the sheer relief of the audience.” ThinkingWayLittlesAudienceComedyPoetReaderBenefitsRateReactionsReliefThank GodFourthSheerSuspiciousStand Up Comedy Author:Matthew Zapruder
“Now, legal plunder can be committed in an infinite number of ways. Thus we have an infinite number of plans for organizing it: tariffs, protection, benefits, subsidies, encouragements, progressive taxation, public schools, guaranteed jobs, guaranteed profits, minimum wages, a right to relief, a right to the tools of labor, free credit, and so on, and so on.” WaySchoolJobsNumbersPlansBenefitsLaborToolsEncouragementInfiniteProfitCommittedCreditProtectionLawyerReliefProgressiveMinimumWagesTaxationPublic SchoolMinimum WagePlunderSubsidiesTariffsProgressive Taxation Book:The Law Source: The Law
“After-school tutoring programs, care for the elderly, shelters for the homeless, disaster relief work, and a variety of other services would all benefit from government funding.” GovernmentCareSchoolBenefitsProgramDisasterVarietyReliefShelterHomelessElderlyFundingAfter SchoolGovernment FundingDisaster ReliefAfter School Programs Author:Tony Campolo
“I can find no warrant for such an appropriation in the Constitution, and I do not believe that the power and duty of the General Government ought to be extended to the relief of individual suffering which is in no manner properly related to the public service or benefit.” BelieveI CanGovernmentSufferingPoliticsIndividualDutyOughtBenefitsConstitutionSocialismRelatedReliefPublic ServiceWarrantsAppropriation Book:Grover Cleveland, 1837-1908: chronology, documents, bibliographical aids Source: Grover Cleveland, 1837-1908: chronology, documents, bibliographical aids