“Today, our economy is divided: fifty percent is the public economy and fifty percent is the private economy that includes small companies employing from 4 to 200 workers.” TodayCompanyEconomyPercentWorkersFiftyDividedEmploying Author:Ibrahim Rugova
“If you bring [tax] rates down, it makes it easier for small business to keep more of their capital and hire people. And for me, this is about jobs. I want to get America's economy going again. Fifty-four percent of America's workers work in businesses that are taxed as individuals. So when you bring those rates down, those small businesses are able to keep more money and hire more people.” PeopleIfsWantAbleJobsAmericaIndividualEconomyFourEasierTaxesPercentWorkersRateFiftyMore MoneySmall Business Author:Mitt Romney
“Converting a classic batch-and-queue production system to continuous flow with effective pull by the customer will double labor productivity all the way through the system (for direct, managerial, and technical workers, from raw materials to delivered product) while cutting production throughput times by 90 percent and reducing inventories in the system by 90 percent as well.” WayWellsCuttingMaterialsProductsPercentFlowLaborDirectWorkersProductionsCustomersProductivityClassicReducingRaw MaterialsConvertingInventoryQueues Author:James P. Womack
“More retirees, longer life expectancy, larger benefits, and fewer workers - these trends have meant substantial increases in the payroll tax. Since the social security program began, the payroll tax has increased more than 500 percent.” SocialSecurityTaxesBenefitsPercentProgramIncreaseWorkersTrendsFewerSocial SecurityExpectancyPayrollLife ExpectancyPayroll TaxLonger Life Author:Alex Tabarrok
“We owe to every businessperson and worker in America the best environment in the world to create a job. We owe that to American business. 35 percent corporate tax rate is the second highest in the world. We need to lower it so they don’t leave.” WorldNeedsHelpingJobsAmericaGoalClassEnvironmentFiveMiddleTaxesHighestPercentWorkersRateCorporateThirtyMiddle ClassAmerican Business Author:Lindsey Graham
“As a foreign worker in Haiti, speaking for myself, speaking for the workers, our organization is about 95 percent Haitian, but even foreign workers driving through, we have had very minimal security issues.” IssuesSecurityPercentOrganizationWorkersDrivingHaitiHaitian Author:Sean Penn
“By 2018, an estimated 63 percent of all new U.S. jobs will require workers with an education beyond high school. For our young people to get those jobs, they first need to graduate from high school ready to start a postsecondary education.” PeopleNeedsFirstsSchoolJobsYoungReadyPercentHigh SchoolWorkersGraduatesGraduating High School Author:Bill Gates
“Private sector unionization is down to practically seven percent. Meanwhile the public sector unions have kind of sustained themselves [even] under attack, but in the last few years, there's been a sharp [increase in the] attack on public sector unions, which Barack Obama has participated in, in fact. When you freeze salaries of federal workers, that's equivalent to taxing public sector people.” PeopleYearsKindFactsLastsPercentIncreaseUnionsSevenWorkersBarackSalaryFreezePrivate SectorPublic Sector Author:Noam Chomsky
“Ted Cruz supported a 500-percent increase in the number of H-1 visas, the guest workers that are allowed into this country, and Ted supports doubling the number of green cards.” CountryNumbersSupportPercentIncreaseGreenWorkersCardsGuestsCruzVisaGreen Card Author:Marco Rubio
“We have to make it easier to be good workers, good parents and good caregivers all at the same time. That's why I've set out a bold vision to make quality, affordable child care available to all Americans and limit the cost to 10 percent of family income.” ChildrenCareParentQualityVisionEasierCostLimitsPercentWorkersAvailableBe GoodIncomeGood WorkAffordableGood ParentCaregiversChild Care Author:Hillary Clinton
“Wages for the ninety-nine percent have gone down, steadily, since 2008. They've gone down especially for the bottom twenty-five percent of the population. This means that they've gone down especially for Blacks and Hispanics and other blue-collar workers. Their net worth has actually turned negative, and they don't have enough money to get by.” MeanEnoughGoneFivePercentNegativeTwentiesBlueWorkersBottomPopulationNineWagesNinetyTwenty FiveCollarsNinety NineBlue CollarNet WorthBlue Collar Workers Author:Michael Hudson
“We have been subject to globalization and financialization and austerity and workers have been thrown under the bus while the one percent is rolling in dough.” Has BeensSubjectsPercentWorkersThrownBusRollingGlobalizationDoughAusterityThrown Under The Bus Author:Jill Stein
“People are hungry, and they're hurting and they're very, very worried about their children. Will their kids ever pay off their student debt? Will their kids ever get a decent-paying job? I think Democrats have got to be running a grass-roots campaign - mobilizing people and being prepared to take on the 1 percent with an agenda that speaks to the needs of ordinary workers.” PeopleThinkingNeedsChildrenRunningKidsJobsSpeakHurtPayStudentsOrdinaryPercentRootsPreparedDemocratWorkersDebtCampaignsHungryWorriedGrassDecentAgendas Author:Bernie Sanders
“For the workers and their families, being able to bring home a living wage helps their families and, by extension, helps our economy. Seventy percent of our economy is consumer-based. We know that when lower- and middle-class families have money and disposable income, they spend it. That puts money back into the economy. It's a win-win for everybody: Not just for the individual, not just production at a specific company (like Nissan), but for the greater good.” KnowsHelpingHomeAbleWinningIndividualCompanyClassEconomyGreaterMiddlePercentWorkersProductionsIncomeConsumersMiddle ClassExtensionsSeventiesDisposableGreater GoodWin WinLiving WageMiddle Class Family Author:Nina Turner
“Careful economic research has shown public-sector workers receive a level of compensation, pension benefits, and retiree health coverage in excess of what comparable workers in the private sector enjoy. In some instances, the total premium can be 30 percent or higher.” EnjoyLevelsEconomicHigherBenefitsResearchPercentWorkersCarefulInstanceExcessCompensationCoveragePrivate SectorPensionPremiumPublic SectorHealth Coverage Author:Bob Beauprez
“Median wages of production workers, who comprise 80 percent of the workforce, haven't risen in 30 years, adjusted for inflation.” YearsHavensPercentWorkersProductionsWagesInflationRisenWorkforceMedian Author:Robert Reich
“A recent Pew Hispanic survey found that more than 70 percent of illegal immigrants from Mexico are interested in a guest-worker program and then returning home.” HomeFoundPercentProgramWorkersImmigrantsIllegalGuestsMexicoSurveysHispanicIllegal ImmigrantsReturning Home Author:John Shadegg
“You built a factory out there, good for you. But I want to be clear. You moved your goods to market on the roads that the rest of us paid for. You hired workers that the rest of us paid to educate. You were safe in your factory because of police forces and fire forces that the rest of us paid for.” WantForceClearFireSafePercentBuiltPaidPoliceMovedWorkersGoodsEducateFactoriesSocial ContractPolice ForceOccupy Movement Author:Elizabeth Warren