“First, undoubtedly, there are some people who are coming from Cuba who immediately, or from any other country, benefit. But, what is the difference between that and someone who is coming from Nicaragua, Guatemala, Mexico, etc.? That is, we are simply going to say that someone who comes from another country to the United States - the first five years they're here - they don't qualify for federal benefits. They may benefit from local benefits, state benefits. Those decisions belong to other jurisdictions.” PeopleYearsFirstsMayCountryStatesDifferencesDecisionUnitedUnited StatesFiveBenefitsLocalsFive YearsEtcMexicoOther CountriesCubaJurisdictionNicaraguaGuatemala Author:Marco Rubio
“Put yourself in the position of a person, sort of an ordinary American, "I'm a hard-working, god-fearing Christian. I take care of my family, I go to church, I, you know, do everything 'right'. And I'm getting shafted. For the last thirty years, my income has stagnated, my working hours are going up, my benefits are going down. My wife has to work two [jobs] to, you know, put food on the table. The children, God, there's no care for the children, the schools are rotten, and so on. What did I do wrong? I did everything you're supposed to do, but something's going wrong to me.” KnowsYearsChildrenPersonsTwoHardCareSchoolChristianJobsLastsHoursChurchWifePositionHard WorkBenefitsOrdinaryMy FamilyTablesTake CareMy WifeIncomeThirtyRottenThirty YearsTwo JobsWhat Did I Do Wrong Author:Noam Chomsky
“I remember my father telling me that just like Troy, he could get me in with the water department where he worked in New York. He talked about how he could get me on the job, and if I stayed 25 years, I could probably work my way up to be a supervisor and how it was a good union and all of the benefits and that I was going to make $20,000 in 50 years or whatever it was. He couldn't see that far.” IfsWayYearsJobsRememberFatherWaterNew YorkBenefitsUnionsMy WayDepartmentSupervisors Author:Denzel Washington
“Actually, not because of anyone's intention but just because of some sociological and some other things that have happened over 25, 30 years, the parties have sorted themselves out much more ideologically, which has some benefits and some costs.” YearsPartyHappenedCostBenefitsIntentionSociological Author:William Kristol
“I think the whole dynamic is different. Whereas in [Barack] Obama's case, even though there was no incumbent, he was able to run against eight years of Bush-Cheney and a Republican Congress, and everyone was tired of everything. He was able to benefit from that.” ThinkingYearsDifferentWholeRunningAbleCasesRepublicanBenefitsTiredCongressEightBarackIncumbents Author:William Kristol
“We are living through a remarkable time where we're translating this investment that we've made in cancer science to new treatments. And they're benefiting a large number of people and they will benefit many more in the years to come.” PeopleYearsMadeNumbersBenefitsInvestmentCancerRemarkableTreatmentTranslateLarge Numbers Author:Tyler Jacks
“You can get a coalition of senators from particular states in America, for example, who want to construct highways or dams or ports which may well be very inefficient. The taxes would be paid by the people over the whole country, but the benefits would go to the few people in those particular locations. This type of spending is a rather gross waste of resources that worsened over the years as the government has been allowed to do more particularized things.” PeopleWantYearsWellsMayHas BeensCountryStatesWholeGovernmentWould BeAmericaExampleParticularTypeTaxesWasteBenefitsResourcesPaidSpendingSenatorsLocationConstructsGrossHighwaysPortCoalitionsDams Author:James M. Buchanan
“The primary source of waste in government is that legislators are often under heavy pressure to vote for projects that will benefit their campaign contributors, even when those projects fail a simple cost-benefit test. But with the Supreme Court showing little interest in permitting tighter rules on campaign contributions in recent years, there is little reason to be optimistic that we'll start curbing this kind of waste any time soon.” YearsKindLittlesReasonGovernmentInterestSimpleFailingSourceCostWasteBenefitsProjectsTestsVotePressureCourtHeavyCampaignsSupremeOptimisticPrimariesContributionSupreme CourtLegislatorsBeing OptimisticContributorsPrimary SourceCampaign Contributions Author:Robert H. Frank
“WikiLeaks is a lot of things. This past year, WikiLeaks was a tool of Russian intelligence and the Russian government and their interference operation against the American presidential election to benefit Donald Trump.” YearsGovernmentPastTrumpBenefitsToolsElectionPresidentialOperationsInterferencePresidential ElectionAmerican PresidentWikileaksRussian Government Author:Rachel Maddow
“Institutional Christianity has had clear secular benefits to American life for hundreds of years. It's played both a prophetic role in terms of generating moral critiques of American excesses, and so on, and also a communal role, in terms of building community as the country moved westward to the role my own Catholic Church played in assimilating generations of immigrants.” YearsCountryTermCommunityChurchMy OwnMoralChristianityRolesClearGenerationsBuildingBenefitsCatholicMovedImmigrantsExcessSecularCatholic ChurchCritiqueAmerican LifePropheticBuilding Community Author:Ross Douthat
“In fact, it is the dictatorship's policy that isolates the people of Burma while it reaches out to different countries every year and opens new embassies around the world. It is the dictatorship's policy that kills civilians and makes people poor. As long as the dictatorship is in power, foreign trade and investment in Burma will not benefit people. Instead, it will end up fueling the oppression in Burma.” PeopleWorldYearsLongDifferentEndsCountryFactsPoorPolicyBenefitsTradeInvestmentOppressionAround The WorldReach OutDictatorshipCiviliansDifferent CountriesBurmaEmbassyForeign Trade Author:Zoya Phan
“Most people have this protective view of the presidency. Anybody who holds the office is always gonna get the benefit of the doubt unless the media spends four years destroying them like they did Bush, and with Bush not returning fire.” PeopleYearsViewsDoubtFireFourMediaOfficeBenefitsDestroyingFour YearsPresidencyProtectiveBenefit Of The Doubt Author:Rush Limbaugh
“And we have done more in the two and a half years that I've been in here than the previous 43 Presidents to uphold that principle, whether it's ending 'don't ask, don't tell,' making sure that gay and lesbian partners can visit each other in hospitals, making sure that federal benefits can be provided to same-sex couples.” YearsTwoDoneAsksSexPresidentHalfPrinciplesCoupleGayBenefitsPartnersHospitalsHalf A Year Author:Barack Obama
“When the federal government spends more each year than it collects in tax revenues, it has three choices: It can raise taxes, print money, or borrow money. While these actions may benefit politicians, all three options are bad for average Americans.” YearsMayGovernmentActionChoicesThreePoliticianTaxesBenefitsRaisesAveragePrintFederal GovernmentRevenue Author:Ron Paul
“The best math lesson we can teach college students this year is to subtract a tuition increase and benefit from the dividends of higher education.” YearsTeachStudentsCollegeHigherLessonsBenefitsIncreaseMathHigher EducationDividendsTuitionCollege Students Author:Jodi Rell
“Leadership can not be measured in a poll or even in the result of an election. It can only be truly seen with the benefit of time. From the perspective of 20 years, not 20 days.” YearsLeadershipResultsPerspectiveBenefitsElectionCan NotPolls Author:Marco Rubio
“But here's what I would tell people of my generation. I turn 40 this year. There isn't going to be a Social Security. There isn't going to be a Medicare when you retire. Forget about what your benefit is going to look like. There isn't going to be one if we don't make some reforms to save that program now.” PeopleIfsYearsLooksTurnsSocialForgetGenerationsSecurityBenefitsProgramReformRetiringSocial SecurityMy GenerationMedicare Author:Marco Rubio
“I'm going to be working the next 25 or 30 years. People like me, if we want, number one, for no benefit reductions for our parents and our grandparents, number two, for the system to survive and exist for us, and, more importantly, number three, for the system to exist for us children, we are going to have to make reforms to that system.” PeopleIfsWantYearsChildrenTwoThreeNextParentNumbersBenefitsLike MeReformGrandparentReductionNumber Three Author:Marco Rubio
“Can you cite one speck of hard evidence of the benefits of "diversity" that we have heard gushed about for years? Evidence of its harm can be seen — written in blood — from Iraq to India, from Serbia to Sudan, from Fiji to the Philippines. It is scary how easily so many people can be brainwashed by sheer repetition of a word.” PeopleYearsHardWrittenHeardBloodBenefitsDiversityEvidenceIndiaIraqScaryHarmSheerRepetitionPhilippinesSpecksBrainwashedCitingSerbiaSudanFiji Book:Dismantling America and Other Controversial Essays (Large Print 16pt) Source: Dismantling America and Other Controversial Essays (Large Print 16pt)
“One of the benefits of playing to small audiences in small clubs for a few years is that you're allowed to fail.” YearsAudienceFailingBenefitsClubs Author:David Byrne