“Yes, NFL players deserve to be paid well. Unfortunately, economic realities are forcing everyone to make tough choices and the NFL is no different. These are not easy negotiations, but the outcome can be positive. If both sides give a little, everyone, including fans, will get a lot and the game will improve through innovation. Even in difficult economic times, a new CBA presents us with the opportunity to secure the future of our game.” IfsGivingWellsLittlesDifferentRealityChoicesOpportunityGamesEasyDifficultSidesPlayerFansEconomicDeserveToughPaidInnovationIncludingSecureOutcomesNflBoth SidesNegotiationBeing PositiveNfl PlayersTough Choices Author:Roger Goodell
“The fair (ph) transforms the process by which we fund Social Security and Medicare because the money paid in consumption is paid by everybody, including illegals, prostitutes, pimps, drug dealers, all the people that are freeloading off the system now.” PeopleSocialProcessSecurityDrugFairsPaidIncludingFundConsumptionSocial SecurityMedicareDealerPimpDrug Dealers Author:Mike Huckabee
“The money paid at consumption is paid by everybody, including illegals, prostitutes, pimps, drug dealers.” DrugPaidIncludingConsumptionDealerPimpDrug Dealers Author:Mike Huckabee
“Nina Simone was a gifted and prolific singer, songwriter and pianist who became a powerful presence in the civil rights movement and paid a professional price for it. Behind the scenes, she struggled in a fractious, sometimes violent relationship with her husband and manager and with mental health issues that strained other relationships, including with her only daughter.” SometimesPowerfulBehindsIssuesRightsMovementSceneHusbandDaughterPaidMental HealthIncludingSingersViolentCivil RightsManagersSongwritersGiftedCivil Rights MovementSinger SongwritersPianistBehind The ScenesNinaHealth IssuesOnly Daughter Author:Michel Martin
“Today much of anti-biofuel "science" - including the false claim that biofuels need more energy to make than they contain - has been shown to be complete hogwash, bought and paid for by big oil.” NeedsHas BeensBigsTodayEnergyClaimsPaidIncludingOilBiofuelsBig OilHogwash Author:Josh Tickell
“Bernie Sanders talks about socialism in Scandinavia, and he's correct to point to the huge victories the working class has won there through struggle, such as socialized medicine, free college education, and paid family leave. But if you talk to working people in Sweden or Norway today, you will find out that many of those past gains have been eroded and some virtually eliminated, including massive under-funding of healthcare and other public services and a return to for-profit systems that are unaffordable to working class people.” PeopleIfsHas BeensTodayPastClassStruggleCollegeHugeReturnVictoryGainsPaidMedicineIncludingProfitSocialismMassiveHealthcareWorking ClassFundingPublic ServiceSwedenCollege EducationNorwaySocialized MedicineScandinavia Author:Kshama Sawant
“I believe devoutly that the national election is the closest thing we have to a civic sacrament of democracy. And I really do think that heed must be paid, and when people make a decision, those who are on the other side, including me, accept it, for that reason.” PeopleThinkingBelieveReasonI BelieveSidesDecisionAcceptingDemocracyPaidElectionIncludingClosestSacramentsCivicsHeed Author:Mark Shields
“Care work produces public goods, and should be supported in families by policies such as paid parental leave and caregiver tax credits, and by investments in good training and wages for caregiving, including early childhood education, in the market.” ShouldCareChildhoodPolicyProduceTaxesTrainingPaidInvestmentIncludingCreditGoodsWagesParentalEarly ChildhoodCaregiversCaregivingEarly Childhood Education Author:Riane Eisler
“If I were a capitalist I would not give my employees health insurance with no deductible, which I do, including dental, and paid pregnancy leave. That's not called capitalism, that's called being a Christian and someone who believes in democracy, so that everyone should get a fair slice of the pie.” IfsGivingShouldBelieveChristianDemocracyCapitalismFairsPaidIncludingEmployeePregnancyCapitalistPieDental Author:Michael Moore
“I wish we had a system where you are given a bill including service and that people were paid properly so they didn't have to rely on tips. In different restaurants there are different policies and it's all very confusing.” PeopleDifferentGivenWishPolicyPaidBillsIncludingRelyRestaurantsWhere You AreConfusing Author:Murray Walker
“A month before graduation I got an off-Broadway job. Then I did some commercials, including one for MCI. You can only see half of me, but it paid well. Thank God for commercials.” InspirationalWellsFunnyJobsHalfMonthsPaidIncludingThank GodGraduationBroadwayHalf Of Me Author:Lee Pace