“The free enterprise concept inherent in the economic model of capitalism should mean common people, or lower and middle class wage-earners, have greater potential to rise up and gain financial independence. In reality, however, free enterprise all too often leads to an almost total lack of government regulation that in turn allows the global elite to run amuck in Gordon Gecko-style financial coups.” PeopleShouldMeanRealityGovernmentRunningTurnsCommonClassGreaterEconomicMiddleStyleModelsConceptsCapitalismGainsIndependenceFinancialEnterpriseMiddle ClassElitesRegulationInherentFree EnterpriseCoupsGovernment RegulationFinancial IndependenceEconomic Models Author:James Morcan
“Like childhood, old age is irresponsible, reckless, and foolhardy. Children and old people have everything to gain and nothing much to lose. It's middle-age which is cursed by the desperate need to cling to some finger-hold halfway up the mountain, to conform, not to cause trouble, to behave well.” PeopleNeedsWellsChildrenAgeCausesLosesTroubleChildhoodMiddleMountainGainsFingersOld AgeBehaveDesperateConformOld PeopleMiddle AgesHalfwayRecklessIrresponsibleCursedFoolhardy Book:Murderers and Other Friends: Another Part of Life Source: Murderers and Other Friends: Another Part of Life
“We face a brutal enemy who will kill the innocent for one purpose and that is to gain control of the Middle East and to use the leverage of oil to bring down the West, and to attack us again.” UseFacesPurposeEnemyMiddleGainsWestOilEastInnocentMiddle EastBrutal Author:Karl Rove
“Whereas the property-owning middle class could win freedom for themselves on the basis of rights to property--thus excluding others from the freedom they gain--the property-less working class possess nothing but their title as human beings. Thus they can liberate themselves only by liberating all humanity.” HumansHumanityWinningHuman BeingsClassRightsMiddleGainsBasesPropertyTitlesMiddle ClassWorking ClassLiberating Book:Marx: A Very Short Introduction Source: Marx: A Very Short Introduction
“The trajectory of this country [USA] is not positive and particularly for the disadvantaged, as we see what's happening. The gains in productivity have dropped, the gains in income for the middle class and the least advantaged have slowed, at best.” CountryClassMiddleHappeningsGainsProductivityIncomeUsaMiddle ClassTrajectoryDisadvantaged Author:Charles Koch
“Contrary to the rhetoric emanating from the American left, the 'rich' are currently paying a lot more than 'their fair share.' It is only a handful of mega-rich, those whose entire incomes are derived from dividends and capital gains, rather than salaries or business profits, who have the ability to pay lower tax rates than some members of the middle class. The left knows this but continues to build their 'freeloading millionaire' straw man because it makes good politics.” KnowsMenLeftAbilityPayClassRichShareMiddleTaxesMembersGainsFairsRateProfitContraryIncomeMiddle ClassRhetoricHandfulSalaryMillionaireStrawsDividendsFair ShareMegaCapital Gains Author:Peter Schiff
“I basically believe that until China stop stealing our intellectual property, and until they stop keeping our companies out that do good things, the amount we will gain from export jobs is minimized, and the amount we lose in middle class incomes is maximized.” BelieveJobsLosesCompanyClassMiddleAmountIntellectualGainsPropertyGood ThingsChinaStealingIncomeMiddle ClassIntellectual Property Author:Charles Schumer
“I think that if he [Donald Trump] does really want to make gains, if he does want to find a path to those voters who are in the middle, then he needs to do different things than just do these rallies.” IfsThinkingWantNeedsDoeDifferentPathMiddleTrumpGainsDifferent ThingsVoters Author:Bill Burton
“You can choose a future where more Americans have the chance to gain the skills they need to compete, no matter how old they are or how much money they have. Education was the gateway to opportunity for me. It was the gateway for Michelle. And now more than ever, it is the gateway to a middle-class life.” NeedsMatterOpportunityChanceEducationClassMiddleSkillsGainsMiddle ClassGatewaysMiddle Class Life Author:Barack Obama
“The Iranian regime suppresses its own people as well as others in the region. It prevents peace by sponsoring terror globally. With the ultimate weapon that it is deceptively developing, the regime aims to gain hegemony over the entire Middle East and hold the world's economy hostage.” PeopleWorldWellsEconomyMiddleWeaponsGainsUltimateAimTerrorEastDevelopingRegionsRegimesMiddle EastIranianHostageHegemony Author:Shimon Peres
“I dance with people I despise; amuse myself with men whose only talent lies in their feet, gain the disapprobation of people I honor and respect; return home at day break with my brain in a state which was never intended for it; and arise in the middle of the next day feeling infinitely more, in spirit and flesh like a Liliputian, than a woman with body and soul. Entry (when she was eighteen) in her Commonplace Book, 1868-1869.” PeopleMenBookSoulStatesFeelingsHomeBodySpiritLyingNextBrainBreakFeetMiddleTalentReturnHonorGainsFleshAriseDespiseNext DayCommonplaceEighteenEntryHonor And Respect Book:A Kate Chopin miscellany Source: A Kate Chopin miscellany
“So . . . middle school? Awkward.Having a hobby that's different from everyone else's? Awkward. Singing the national anthem on weekends instead of going to sleepovers? More awkward. Braces? Awkward. Gain a lot of weight before you hit the growth spurt? Awkward. Frizzy hair, don't embrace the curls yet? Awkward. Try to straighten it? Awkward!So many phases!” TryingDifferentSchoolGrowthMiddleHairSingingGainsWeightEmbraceWeekendAwkwardPhasesHobbiesCurlsMiddle SchoolAnthemBracesNational AnthemSleepoversSinging The National Anthem Author:Taylor Swift