“Imagine a senator running for president whose positions included halving the military budget, socializing the medical system, re-regulating the communications and electrical industries, establishing a guaranteed minimum income for all Americans, and equalizing funding for all schools regardless of property valuations - and who promised to fire Alan Greenspan, counseled withdrawal from the World Trade Organization, and, for good measure, spoke warmly of adolescent sexual experimentation. That was Barry Goldwater, conservative.” WorldRunningSchoolPresidentFireImagineMilitaryPositionCommunicationIndustryOrganizationTradePropertyConservativeMedicalIncomeBudgetsSpokesMinimumSenatorsFundingElectricalExperimentationWithdrawalWorld TradeSocializingValuationMilitary BudgetWorld Trade Organization Author:Rick Perlstein
“I think music piracy is forcing many people to look at the live aspect of the record industry as an income and in many ways that's what sets apart good music and musicians from the fly by night pop sensations.” PeopleThinkingWayLooksNightRecordsIndustryMusicianAspectPopsIncomeSensationsPiracy Author:Ben Howard
“If drugs were legalized in the US, the Mexican economy would collapse since the earnings from drugs bring in more hard currency than its largest licit source, oil sales. Mexico is a corrupt state that has now become dependent on the earnings on an illegal product. But inevitably, the product will become legal and then Mexico will retain its corruption but must face the needs of its citizens now employed by the drug industry who have become steeped in violence and conditioned to higher incomes.” IfsNeedsHardStatesFacesEconomyViolenceProductsSourceIndustryHigherCitizensDrugCorruptionOilIncomeDependentIllegalMexicoCollapseCurrencyEarningEmployedMexican Author:Charles Bowden
“And to improve access to the UK publishing industry - I'm hoping to set up an internship or work experience for someone from a low-income background, as soon as we have the funds. While we don't have the funds, we won't have an intern.” IndustryLowsAccessBackgroundsIncomeFundPublishingLow IncomePublishing IndustryInternshipsWork Experience Author:Deborah Smith
“Annual earnings in the fast-food industry are well below the income needed for self-sufficiency, and fast-food industry jobs are also much less likely than other jobs to provide health benefits.” WellsSelfJobsIndustryNeededBenefitsIncomeEarningAnnualsFast FoodSelf SufficiencySufficiencyFood IndustryHealth Benefits Author:David Rolf
“The minimum wage isn't earned only by people working at fast food restaurants and in service industry work - the average income for positions like nursing assistants, preschool teachers and paramedics are all under $15.” PeopleTeacherPositionIndustryAverageIncomeRestaurantsMinimumNursingAssistantsMinimum WageFast FoodPreschoolParamedicsService IndustryFast Food Restaurants Author:David Rolf
“The plant goes down. The industry is weaker. The price of the commodity has lagged. Any of those things can push people into unemployment or lower income categories, and that hurts.” PeopleHurtIndustryPlantIncomeCategoriesCommodityUnemployment Author:Chris Alexander