“Ask a footballer what they can cook and they always say spaghetti. It is what you reach for when there is nothing else left in the larder. It's poor people's food and it's unsophisticated. It's the same as bread - you just boil it instead of putting it in the oven.” PeopleAsksLeftPoorBreadCooksPoor PeopleFootballerOvensSpaghetti Author:Giles Coren
“Poor people, especially those of color, are worth nothing to corporations and private contractors if they are on the street. In jail and prisons, however, they can each generate corporate revenues of $30,000 to $40,000 a year.” PeopleIfsYearsPoorStreetsColorPrisonCorporateCorporationsJailPoor PeopleRevenueContractor Author:Chris Hedges
“The greatest percentage of poverty is found in female-headed households. Over 70 percent of female-headed households are poor. A large percentage of poor people are children (17 percent); fully 85 percent of black children living in poverty reside in a female-headed household.” PeopleChildrenFoundBlackPoorPovertyPercentFemaleHouseholdPoor PeoplePercentages Author:Walter E. Williams
“Wal-Mart has done more for poor people then any ten liberals, at least nine of whom are almost guaranteed to hate Wal-Mart.” PeopleDoneHatePoliticsPoorTenNinePoor People Book:Dismantling America and Other Controversial Essays (Large Print 16pt) Source: Dismantling America and Other Controversial Essays (Large Print 16pt)
“Niggerization is the result of oppression -- and it doesn't just apply to the black people. Old people, poor people, and students can also get niggerized.” PeopleBlackPoorResultsStudentsOppressionMinoritiesBlack PeopleOld PeoplePoor People Author:Florynce Kennedy
“Contribute to charitable projects like the printing of spiritual books so that they can be sold at a lower price. Poor people will then be able to buy and read them. In this way we can help to cultivate spiritual culture in them also.” PeopleWayBookHelpingAbleSpiritualCulturePoorProjectsPoor PeoplePrintingCharitable Author:Mata Amritanandamayi
“People in Medicaid ought to have access to the same insurance as the rest of the population. If they are segregated, it will be a poor plan for poor people.” PeopleIfsPoorPlansOughtPopulationAccessPoor PeopleMedicaid Author:John Goodman
“In my opinion, the Republican Party is the last on the list to care about the needs of old people and children and poor people.” PeopleNeedsChildrenCareLastsPoorPartyOpinionRepublicanListsRepublican PartyOld PeoplePoor People Author:Rickie Lee Jones