“I don't absolve the Democrats of their lack of commitment to deal with poverty. But nowadays we're witnessing the widening of the gap. There's something wrong when a handful of people have more than they'll ever need while millions of people have less than they always need.” PeopleNeedsDealsPovertyMillionsCommitmentDemocratGapsHandfulLack Of Commitment Author:Joseph Lowery
“A lot of Democrats have said that raising the minimum wage is both good economics and good politics. The nonpartisan CBO issued a report today saying that raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour would cost the economy about 500,000 jobs...Why should we trust Democrats on anything when they couldn't have foreseen that this would be the case?” ShouldSaidRealityWould BeTodayJobsPoliticalPoliticsCommunityHoursWorkMoneyPartyPovertyHistoryCasesEconomyPolicyCostCapitalismEconomicsDemocratIdeologyReportsMinimumPolitical PartiesMinimum WagePartisanshipForeseen Author:S. E. Cupp
“Given the fact that poverty is growing, more and more Americans are losing health insurance, health care costs are going up, the middle class is shrinking, the gap between the rich and the poor is growing wider. That speaks to the weakness of the opposition. People do not like George W. Bush. But I think it's fair to say that they are not flocking to the Democratic Party, or see the Democrats as a real alternative.” PeopleThinkingRealFactsCareSpeakGivenPoorPartyClassPovertyRichGrowingMiddleCostLosingWeaknessFairsDemocraticDemocratAlternativesHealth CareOppositionMiddle ClassGapsDemocratic PartyShrinkingHealth Care Costs Author:Bernie Sanders
“Free enterprise has done more to reduce poverty than all the government programs dreamed up by Democrats.” DoneGovernmentPovertyProgramDemocratEnterpriseFree EnterpriseGovernment Programs Book:Actor, Ideologue, Politician: The Public Speeches of Ronald Reagan Source: Actor, Ideologue, Politician: The Public Speeches of Ronald Reagan
“The programs that came to be known as the New Deal were not simply handed down by the benevolence of FDR and the Democrats. They were fought for. And in the 1960s, it was the similar. You had incredible movements against Jim Crow, poverty and the Vietnam War in the 1960s.” WarDealsKnownPovertyMovementProgramDemocratIncrediblesVietnam1960sVietnam WarBenevolenceCrowJim CrowNew Deal Author:Kshama Sawant
“The Democrat Party makes as many people victims as possible because it freezes them right where they are. And that's usually in lower middle class or abject poverty. It makes them resentful.” PeoplePartyClassPovertyMiddleVictimDemocratMiddle ClassFreezeResentful Author:Rush Limbaugh
“If we have an honest discussion on whether the war on poverty should be fought with welfare or with economic growth in the private sector, Democrats will lose black votes.” IfsShouldWarBlackGrowthLosesPovertyEconomicHonestVoteDemocratDiscussionWelfareEconomic GrowthPrivate SectorWar On Poverty Author:Alveda King
“The Southern Poverty Law Center is a hate group rivaled only by the Democrat Party. The Southern Poverty Law Center... Folks, if there's anything you should ignore - and there are a lot of things you should ignore - put the Southern Poverty Law Center on the list.” HatePartyPovertyDemocratSouthern Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The Democrat Party is threatened by people whose economic circumstances improve to the point that they do not need government first and foremost. That's a threat. But this happens when the U.S. economy is humming. There is a lot of upward mobility, and people leave the lower depths of poverty and start traversing a pathway through the middle class to the upper middle class, and as they leave, the Democrats have to replace them. That is what illegal immigration has been since 1965 when Ted Kennedy reintroduced the whole concept after 40 years of no immigration from 1921 to 1965.” PeoplePartyPovertyEconomyEconomicCircumstancesThreatDemocratImmigrationMiddle ClassIllegal Immigration Author:Rush Limbaugh