“I opposed Clinton's budget deal in 1997 because he brought in $115 billion cut in Medicare that created greater pressure for providers not to participate.” DealsGreaterCuttingPressureClintonBillionsBudgetsMedicareProviders Author:Dave Obey
“a great deal of the wealth at the top is built on the low-wage labor of the poor. Take Wal-Mart, our largest private employer and premiere exploiter of the working class. ... You think it's a coincidence that this union-busting low-wage retail empire happens to have generated a $65 billion family fortune?” ThinkingHappensWealthPoorDealsClassRichLowsBuiltLaborUnionsFortuneBillionsEmpiresCoincidenceWorking ClassEmployersRich And PoorRetailPremieresBusting Book:Going to Extremes: Notes from a Divided Nation Source: Going to Extremes: Notes from a Divided Nation
“America must deal once and for all with an utterly irrational health care financing system that allows private interests to make billions in profits from the pain and suffering of their fellow citizens. America is the only country in the industrialized world that does not provide tax-supported universal health care coverage in some form.” WorldDoeCountryCarePainAmericaFormSufferingInterestDealsCitizensTaxesUniversalFellowsProfitBillionsHealth CareIrrationalCoverageFinancingPain And SufferingUniversal Health Care Book:Life Support: Three Nurses on the Front Lines Source: Life Support: Three Nurses on the Front Lines
“People need such a small amount of money to deal with their own daily life. Because wherever I went to school they taught me about millions of dollars. I dealt with billions of dollars in national plans and investment plans and so on. Not this tiny money, $27 for 42 people.” PeopleNeedsSchoolDealsMillionsPlansTaughtAmountDollarsInvestmentBillionsTinyDaily LifeSmall Amounts Author:Muhammad Yunus
“Mother Earth is in pain and ailing - bglobal warming. The world is dealing with issues of immigration, deindustrialization, and poverty. When I was born, there were 2.5 billion people living on the whole planet. Now there are 2.5 billion people living on less than $2 a day. That's the kind of reality we have to deal with.” PeopleWorldKindWholeRealityEarthPainMotherBornDealsPovertyIssuesPlanetsBillionsImmigrationGlobal WarmingLiving OnMother Earth Author:Danny Glover