“People are tired of working longer hours for lower wages, of seeing decent paying jobs go to China and other low-wage countries, of billionaires not paying any federal income taxes and of not being able to afford a college education for their kids - all while the very rich become much richer.” PeopleCountryKidsAbleJobsHoursRichSeeingCollegeTaxesLowsTiredChinaIncomeDecentWagesBillionaireIncome TaxCollege EducationTired Of Working Author:Bernie Sanders
“I'll end discriminatory laws like the Hyde Amendment that make it all but impossible for low-income women - disproportionately, women of color - to exercise their rights.” EndsLawRightsImpossibleColorExerciseLowsIncomeAmendmentsLow IncomeHyde Author:Hillary Clinton
“Unemployment is low, incomes are up, poverty is down - and that's going to be a lasting change.” PovertyLowsDown AndIncomeLastingUnemploymentLow IncomeLasting Change Author:Barack Obama
“If you're a person that has low income, you probably should have more assistance than a person with high income.” IfsShouldPersonsLowsShould HaveIncomeAssistanceLow Income Author:Paul Ryan
“It was a very economically depressed time [the 80s] and because of that, there was a lot of space. Everything was relatively dilapidated, and one could live on a pretty low income. One could live well below the poverty line and not suffer immensely.” WellsSufferingLinesSpacePovertyLowsIncome80sLive WellLow Income Author:Kiki Smith
“If you look at the families who live below the poverty line, only 47% of them have internet access at home. And of that low income population, they are disproportionately urban and people of color, which makes it a social justice issue.” PeopleIfsLooksHomeSocialLinesJusticePovertyIssuesColorInternetLowsSocial JusticePopulationAccessIncomeUrbanLow IncomeInternet Access Author:David L. Cohen
“Mike Pence and Mitch Daniels in Indiana, the woman who`s coming in to run the Medicaid program at the federal level, her name is Seema Verma, a brilliant young woman, she made Indiana - healthy Indiana work so that actually low-income people in Indiana, actually have real healthcare coverage that they get access to a doctor. Those kinds of reforms on the state level we want see happen in all 50 states.” PeopleWantKindMadeRealStatesHappensRunningYoungNamesLevelsHealthyLowsProgramDoctorsBrilliantAccessIncomeReformHealthcareYoung WomenMikeCoverageIndianaLow IncomeMedicaid Author:Paul Ryan
“We believe we can dramatically improve the way Medicaid works by giving governors more control and flexibility to innovate to make it work for people with low income because it`s not working in so many states right now.” PeopleWayGivingBelieveStatesRight NowLowsIncomeGovernorsFlexibilityLow IncomeMedicaid Author:Paul Ryan
“Here's Hillary Clinton getting away with tying the Republicans to rich people. She's tying the Republican Party to Wall Street, to the big banks. She's tying the Republican Party to the financial crisis in 2008. It's all their fault. She's tying herself as with the low-income crowd - and the average, ordinary middle class American - as their champion, as their defender. They don't know that it's not the Republicans in bed with banks. They don't know that it's the banks that are practically paying for and underwriting the Democrat Party and Hillary Clinton today.” PeopleKnowsBigsTodayPartyClassRichStreetsMiddleWallRepublicanBedLowsOrdinaryCrisisFaultsClintonDemocratFinancialAverageCrowdsIncomeChampionMiddle ClassGet AwayRepublican PartyRich PeopleDefendersFinancial CrisisLow Income Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The truth is that political consciousness in this country is pretty low... To the degree that we can help educate and organize people around the most important issues facing their lives and show that there is support for fundamental changes in the way we do business in the United States of America in terms of income inequality, in terms of low wages, in terms of disastrous trade policies, in terms of being the only major country not to have a national healthcare program - that's success.” PeopleWayImportantCountryStatesHelpingShowsAmericaPoliticalTermUnitedConsciousnessUnited StatesSupportIssuesPolicyTruth IsDegreesMajorsLowsProgramFundamentalsTradeIncomeInequalityEducateHealthcareOrganizeUnited States Of AmericaWagesImportant IssuesIncome Inequality Author:Bernie Sanders
“You need to have a state pension that doesn't drag more and more people into means-testing each year and make it very difficult for people on low to medium term incomes to save and not see their savings clawed away.” PeopleNeedsYearsMeanStatesDifficultTermLowsIncomeMediumsSavingDragTestingSavingsPension Author:George Osborne
“Requiring the payment of higher wages will lead to a loss of some jobs and a raising of prices which drives companies to search for automation to reduce costs. On the other hand, those receiving higher wages will spend more (the marginal propensity to consume is close to 1 for low income earners) and this will increase demand for additional goods and services. Henry Ford had the clearest vision of why companies can actually benefit by paying higher wages.” HandsJobsLossCompanyVisionHigherCostDemandBenefitsLowsIncreaseIncomeGoodsReceivingWagesPaymentPropensityGoods And ServicesLow IncomeAutomation Author:Philip Kotler
“From what I can see it's that, if you have money you have access to justice. If you don't, it's becoming increasingly less and less access for low-income Americans and that's the crux of it. I mean, to have a society that has liberty and justice for all, it's right there in the constitution.” IfsMeanI CanJusticeLibertyBecomingLowsConstitutionAccessIncomeLow IncomeLiberty And JusticeJustice For AllCruxLiberty And Justice For All Author:Jim Harbaugh
“Low-income people, racial or ethnic minorities, pregnant women, seniors, people with special needs, people in rural areas - they all have a much harder time accessing a dentist than other groups of Americans.” PeopleNeedsGroupsSpecialLowsAreasHarderIncomeMinoritiesPregnantSeniorDentistPregnant WomenLow IncomeSpecial NeedsRural Areas Author:Bernie Sanders
“Recent demonstration projects have shown that with some Federal support, a little funding can go a long way toward ensuring that low-income children have access to good oral health care.” WayChildrenLittlesLongCareSupportProjectsLowsAccessIncomeHealth CareLong WayFundingDemonstrationLow Income Author:Michael K. Simpson
“What the mortgage bubble was all about was big banks like Goldman Sachs taking big bundles of subprime mortgages that were lent out largely to low-income, highly risky borrowers, and applying this kind of magic-pixie-dust math to these bundles of securities and slapping AAA ratings on them.” KindBigsMagicSecurityLowsMathIncomeDustBubblesMortgageRatingBundlesLow IncomePixiesBorrowersSlappingGoldman SachsPixie Dust Author:Matt Taibbi
“When I was 27 years old, I organized legal aid clinics to help low-income seniors. It was a life-altering experience.” YearsHelpingLowsAidsIncomeOrganizedSeniorClinicLow IncomeLife Altering Author:Ron Wyden
“The desirable virgin is sexy but not sexual. She's young, white, and skinny. She's a cheerleader, a babysitter; she's accessible and eager to please (remember those ethics of passivity!). She's never a woman of color. SHe's never a low-income girl or a fat girl. She's never disabled. "Virgin" is a designation for those who meet a certain standard of what women, especially young women, are supposed to look like. As for how these young women are supposed to act? A blank slate is best.” LooksRememberYoungCertainGirlWhiteColorPleaseLowsStandardsEthicsSexyIncomeFatsBlankYoung WomenVirginsDesirableSkinnyDisabledSlatePassivityCheerleaderLow IncomeBabysitterDesignationBlank SlatesFat Girl Author:Jessica Valenti