“To fix Social Security, we should first stop using the Consumer Price Index to adjust benefits for inflation. Using the C.P.I. overstates the impact of inflation and has also led to larger increases in benefits for Social Security recipients than the income gains of typical American workers.” ShouldFirstsSocialSecurityBenefitsGainsIncreaseImpactWorkersIncomeConsumersTypicalSocial SecurityInflationAmerican Workers Author:Steven Rattner
“If you wanna maintain 20 percent of the world's income with 4 percent of the world's people, you gotta first of all have more shared prosperity and shared growth.” PeopleIfsWorldFirstsGrowthPercentProsperityIncome Author:William J. Clinton
“It doesn't matter what the income level of your family is, or if English is the first or second language. It makes no difference. The bottom line is that every child can be an academic champion, an academic champion and a superstar in academics.” IfsFirstsChildrenMatterLanguageDifferencesLinesLevelsBottomIncomeOur FamilyChampionAcademicBottom LineSuperstar Author:Arnold Schwarzenegger
“It was under Wilson, of course, that the first huge parts of the Marxist program, such as the progressive income tax, were incorporated into the American system.” FirstsCoursesHugeTaxesProgramIncomeProgressiveIncome TaxMarxistWilson Author:Robert W. Welch, Jr.
“We decided that our first job was to help the schools serving the children from the very lowest income groups. Those families constitute the number one burden, the number one burden in this Nation on the school systems.” FirstsChildrenHelpingSchoolJobsNationsNumbersEducationGroupsDecidedBurdenIncomeServingLowestSchool System Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965 Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965
“Could America exist without an income tax? The idea seems radical, yet in truth America did just fine without a federal income tax for the first 126 years of her history.” YearsFirstsIdeasSeemsAmericaFineTaxesIncomeRadicalIncome Tax Author:Ron Paul