“Establishing a 0.03 percent Wall Street speculation fee, similar to what we had from 1914-1966, would dampen the dangerous level of speculation and gambling on Wall Street, encourage the financial sector to invest in the productive economy and reduce the deficit by more than $350 billion over 10 years.” YearsLevelsEconomyStreetsDangerousWallPercentFinancialBillionsProductiveGamblingSpeculationDeficitFees Author:Bernie Sanders
“The whole financial structure of Wall Street seems to rise or fall on the mere fact that the Federal Reserve Bank raises or lowers the amount of interest. Any business that can't survive a one percent change must be skating on thin ice. Why even the poor farmer took a raise of another ten percent just to get a loan from the bank, and nobody from the government paid any attention. But you let Wall Street have a nightmare and the whole country has to help to get them back into bed again.” CountryWholeFactsHelpingSeemsGovernmentFallInterestPoorAttentionStreetsWallAmountBedTenPercentEconomicsPaidRaisesStructureMereFinancialIceNightmareFarmersReservesLoanSkatingFederal ReserveSkating On Thin Ice Author:Will Rogers
“People assume Wall Street is a certain culture and tech is a certain culture. But if you look at the (gender) numbers at the top of (those) industries, they don't vary very much. I think in finance, women hold 19 percent of the top jobs, and women are 21 percent of the leaders in nonprofits.” PeopleIfsThinkingLooksJobsCertainCultureNumbersLeaderStreetsWallIndustryPercentAssumingGenderFinanceVaryNonprofits Author:Sheryl Sandberg
“If you can be sure of being right only 55 percent of the time, you can go down to Wall Street and make a million dollars a day. If you can't be sure of being right even 55 percent of the time, why should you tell other people they are wrong?” PeopleIfsShouldMillionsStreetsWallPercentDollarsMillion Dollars Book:How to win friends & influence people Source: How to win friends & influence people
“I hear all the time that 'unemployment is greatly reduced, but the people aren't feeling it.' When the media, talking heads, the White House and Wall Street start reporting the truth - the percent of Americans in good jobs; jobs that are full time and real - then we will quit wondering why Americans aren't 'feeling' something that doesn't remotely reflect the reality in their lives. And we will also quit wondering what hollowed out the middle class.” PeopleRealFeelingsRealityJobsHouseWhiteTalkingWonderClassStreetsMiddleMediaWallPercentQuittingMiddle ClassWhite HouseUnemploymentGood JobNotableTalking Heads Author:Jim Clifton
“Facts are that the financial advisers on Wall Street today or anywhere depending on which firm, what point in time - 85 to 88 percent male, and that is part of why investing for women they tell us feels unapproachable because they don't see people who look like them.” PeopleFeelsLooksFactsTodayStreetsWallPercentMalesInvestingFinancialFirmAdviser Author:Sallie Krawcheck
“Oh, look at this. NBC/Wall Street Journal: "Thirty-eight percent of the American people say [Donald] Trump's comments about women disqualify him from being president."” PeopleLooksPresidentStreetsWallTrumpPercentEightThirtyCommentJournalNbcWall Street JournalThirty Eight Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Protecting the sovereignty of the United States, putting a wall on the southern border, making sure that criminals are not part of our process. These are all things that 80 percent of Americans agree with, and these are all things that President Trump is doing.” StatesProcessPresidentUnitedUnited StatesWallTrumpPercentAll ThingsAgreeCriminalsBordersSouthernSovereignty Author:Reince Priebus
“In America, we will build a great wall along the southern border. And Mexico will pay for the wall. One hundred percent. They don't know it yet, but they're going to pay for it. And they're great people and great leaders but they're going to pay for the wall. On day one, we will begin working on intangible, physical, tall, power, beautiful southern border wall.” PeopleKnowsAmericaBeautifulPayLeaderWallPercentHundredBordersTallSouthernMexicoGreat LeaderGreat PeopleIntangibleGreat Wall Author:Donald Trump
“The upper 1 percent, the people down on Wall Street, the corporate executives, they're the people that control this economy.” PeopleEconomyStreetsWallPercentCorporateExecutives Author:Michael Moore
“President Obama's proposal to raise the top rate to 39 percent is equal to the rate under President Clinton in the 1990s when Wall Street reached record high levels and the economy produced lots of jobs.” JobsPresidentLevelsEconomyRecordsStreetsWallEqualPercentRaisesClintonRatePresident ObamaProposalHigh LevelPresident Clinton Author:Juan Williams
“According to a Wall Street Journal article some 59 percent of Americans don t own a single book. Not a cookbook or even the Bible.” BookStreetsWallPercentArticlesJournalCookbookWall Street Journal Author:Maureen Corrigan
“Colleges typically did not tell you that ninety percent of your education came after you hung the parchment on the wall. People might ask for a rebate.” PeopleMightAsksCollegeWallPercentHungNinety Book:The Teeth Of The Tiger Source: The Teeth Of The Tiger