“We can decide that the presence of cancer-causing substances in our air, water, and food is too expensive. A 2009 study, for example, has found that coal miners in Appalachia costs the region five times more in premature deaths, including from cancer, than it provides to the region in jobs, taxes, and economic benefits. In California, the production and use of hazardous chemicals cost the state $2.6 billion in 2004 alone in lost wages and health-care expenses to treat workers and children with pollution-linked diseases.” ChildrenStatesUseCareJobsFoundLostWaterStudyFiveAirEconomicExampleCostTaxesDiseaseBenefitsTreatsEnvironmentalWorkersIncludingCancerProductionsBillionsHealth CareSubstanceCaliforniaExpensiveRegionsExpensesChemicalsPollutionWagesCoalLinkedPrematureMinersAppalachiaCoal MinersPremature Death Author:Sandra Steingraber
“Racism is not about hurtful words, bruised feelings, political correctness, or refusing to call short people 'vertically challenged.' Racism is about the power to treat entire groups of people as something less than human—for the benefit of that power. That’s why a Native American sports mascot is far from harmless.” PeopleHumansFeelingsPoliticalSportsGroupsBenefitsRacismTreatsNativeNative AmericanPolitical CorrectnessCorrectnessHurtfulBruisedMascotsShort People Author:Dave Zirin
“You can see exile as loss, and then it will be a loss for you. You can treat it as opportunity and then all kinds of benefits accrue.” KindOpportunityLossBenefitsTreatsAll KindsExile Author:Pico Iyer
“I think what Donald Trump is reflecting is - and I know the media always discounts this because you don't like to get criticized. But you don't treat us the same way that you treat Democrats. Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama , they get the benefit of the doubt.” ThinkingKnowsWayDoubtMediaTrumpBenefitsTreatsBillsClintonDemocratBarackReflectingDiscountsBenefit Of The Doubt Author:Rudy Giuliani