“Collectively, we activists are essential to advancing U.S. policy to help empower marginalized people to lift themselves and their communities out of poverty for good.” PeopleHelpingCommunityPovertyPolicyEssentialsLiftsEmpoweringActivistAdvancingMarginalized Author:Michael Franti
“There is a thought that poverty is a public policy failure; poverty is man-made by action and non-action: poverty can be eliminated.” MenMadeActionPovertyPolicyPublic Policy Author:Benjamin Mkapa
“Business is one of the most powerful institutions on Earth for creating wealth and opportunity and helping to lift people out of poverty. When you think about it that way, then business is not separate from development policy.” PeopleThinkingWayHelpingEarthOpportunityWealthPowerfulPovertyPolicyDevelopmentCreatingInstitutionsLiftsMost PowerfulCreating Wealth Author:Peter Blair Henry
“Neglect of an effective birth control policy is a never-failing source of poverty which, in turn, is the parent of revolution and crime.” TurnsParentPovertyFailingCrimePolicySourceRevolutionBirthNeglectBirth Control Author:Aristotle
“How well a posse policy will fare in a world with 3 billion people below the poverty line and nuclear warheads scattered around a dozen or more regions like melons in a field, is not easy to imagine.” PeopleWorldWellsEasyLinesPovertyImaginePolicyFieldsNuclearBillionsRegionsDozenNuclear WarPosseMelons Author:Herbert Schiller
“One-third of the world, it has been said, may be free- -but one-third is the victim of cruel repression--and the other one- third is rocked by the pangs of poverty, hunger and envy. More energy is released by the awakening of these new nations than by the fission of the atom itself.” WorldMayHas BeensSaidEnergyNationsPovertyPolicyThirdsVictimHungerEnvyAwakeningAtomsForeign PolicyRepressionFission Author:John F. Kennedy
“Hunger, disease and poverty can lead to global instability and leave a vacuum for extremism to fill. So instead of just managing poverty, we must offer nations and people a pathway out of poverty. And as president I've made development a pillar of our foreign policy, alongside diplomacy and defense.” PeopleMadeNationsPresidentPovertyPolicyDevelopmentOffersDiseaseHungerDefenseForeign PolicyDiplomacyExtremismVacuumsPathwaysPillarsInstability Author:Barack Obama
“My mother saved our home with a minimum wage job. But in the 1960s, a minimum wage job would support a family of three above the poverty line. Not today. Not even close. I understood right then that people can work hard, they can play by the rules, and they can still take a hard smack.” PeopleStillsHardPlayHomeRealityTodayJobsMotherThreePoliticsLinesWorkJusticeMoneyFamilyPovertyHistorySupportGenerationsPolicyHard WorkEthicsUnderstoodHuman RightsSavedIdeologyMinimum1960sCivilityMinimum WageSmackFood Stamps Author:Elizabeth Warren
“Look, we'll have to confront the pathologies of poverty at some point. We can deal with them cheaply at the front end, in infancy. Or we can wait and jail a troubled adolescent at the tail end. To some extent, we face a choice between investing in preschools or in prisons.” LooksEndsRealityFacesChoicesPoliticsWaitingCommunityJusticeMoneyDealsEducationPovertyHistoryGenerationsFrontsHuman NaturePolicyEqualEthicsStrategyPrisonInvestingIdeologyJailTailsEqual RightsInfancyPathologyFood Stamps Author:Nicholas D. Kristof
“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
“If we wanted a program to help the majority of the population, we'd offer loan guarantees to help poor people get access to reliable cars so that they could have a better shot at getting - and keeping - a well-paying job...A small amount of capital could make a much bigger difference in their lives than extra student loan relief for middle-class college kids would.” PeopleIfsWellsHelpingRealityKidsWantedJobsPoliticsCommunityDifferencesWorkPoorMoneyEducationClassPovertyMiddleCarPolicyStudentsCollegeAmountOffersShotsProgramBiggerMajorityStrategyPropertyPopulationAccessExtrasGuaranteesReliefMiddle ClassPoor PeopleLoanSmall AmountsHelp The PoorStudent LoanHelp Poor People Author:Megan McArdle
“I am proud to live in a country with an African-American president. But President Obama cannot be proud of the fact that the prevalence of black poverty has actually increased under his leadership. The specific policies advanced by the president and his allies on the left amount to little more than throwing money at the problem and walking away.” LittlesCountryFactsProblemLeftBlackPresidentLeadershipPovertyPolicyAmountProudWalkingAfrican AmericanAlliesThrowingPresident ObamaBe ProudWalking AwayAmerican President Author:Rick Perry
“Through a policy driven approach we have wage a war against poverty and we are confident we will win this war.” WarWinningPovertyPolicyApproachIndiaDrivenGovernanceWe Will Win Author:Narendra Modi
“Women are more focused on the development of the quality of life in their countries. They are more involved in social and family policies, childcare, and poverty reduction.” CountrySocialQualityPovertyPolicyDevelopmentInvolvedFocusedQuality Of LifeReductionChildcarePoverty Reduction Author:Dalia Grybauskaite
“Unemployment in the sense of distress is widely disappearing. . . . We in America today are nearer to the final triumph over poverty than ever before in the history of any land. The poor-house is vanishing from among us. We have not yet reached the goal, but given a change to go forward with the policies of the last eight years, and we shall soon with he help of God be in sight of the day when poverty will be banished from this nation. There is no guarantee against poverty equal to a job for every man. That is the primary purpose of the economic policies we advocate” MenYearsHelpingTodayJobsLastsAmericaPurposeHouseGivenNationsGoalPoorPovertyEconomicLandPolicyEqualSightFinalsEightDisappearEvery ManPrimariesTriumphGuaranteesDistressUnemploymentVanishingEconomic PolicyAmerica Today Author:Herbert Hoover
“The policies being promoted are insane... If you believe energy poverty is a good thing, you should support controls on carbon emissions. But most of the world disagrees with that.” IfsWorldShouldBelieveEnergyPovertySupportPolicyGood ThingsInsaneDisagreeCarbonIf You BelieveEmissionsCarbon Emissions Author:Myron Ebell
“Chile has done a lot to rid itself of poverty, especially extreme poverty, since the return to democracy. But we still have a ways to go toward greater equity. This country does not have a neoliberal economic model anymore. We have put in place a lot of policies that will ensure that economic growth goes hand in hand with social justice.” WayDoeStillsCountryDoneHandsSocialGrowthJusticePovertyDemocracyGreaterEconomicPolicyReturnModelsSocial JusticeExtremesEquityEconomic GrowthHand In HandChileExtreme PovertyEconomic Models Author:Michelle Bachelet
“The origins of these [schooling] federal policies were tied to President Johnson's war on poverty. Supplemental funds were sent to school districts serving poor children to compensate for issues related to poverty. Since the enactment of NCLB, the focus on mitigating poverty has been replaced by a focus on accountability as measured by test scores.” ChildrenHas BeensWarSchoolPresidentPoorPovertyIssuesFocusPolicyTestsRelatedScoreFundAccountabilityServingTiedReplacedJohnsonSchoolingWar On PovertyPoor ChildrenSchool DistrictsTest ScoresPresident Johnson Author:Pedro Noguera
“I think it's important for people to say look, what does each party and each candidate have to offer for you. If you want a better future that is going to be reliant on making smart economic policies, compare my husband's eight years with Ronald Reagan's eight years. 23 million new jobs, more than seven million people lifted out of poverty.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantYearsLooksDoeImportantJobsPartyPovertyMillionsEconomicPolicyOffersHusbandSmartSevenEightCompareCandidatesMy HusbandBetter FutureNew JobEconomic Policy Author:Hillary Clinton
“Poverty is not an act of God. It is the result of flawed policy, and that is a moral challenge.” ChallengesResultsMoralPovertyPolicyFlawed Author:Paul Simon
“Poverty is clearly one source of emotional suffering, but there are others, like loneliness. A policy to reduce the loneliness of the elderly would certainly reduce suffering.” SufferingPovertyLonelinessPolicyEmotionalSourceElderlyEmotional Suffering Author:Daniel Kahneman
“It was shameful that, after Haiti, Colombia was the second most unequal country in Latin America. But we've achieved some things; the inequality is coming down, and coming down fast. The growing economy has provided us with the funds to finance a very progressive social policy that has reduced extreme poverty. We have the lowest inflation rate of all Latin-America countries and the highest growth rate.” CountryAmericaSocialGrowthPovertyEconomyGrowingPolicyHighestDown AndRateExtremesFinanceInequalityFundLatinProgressiveLowestInflationShamefulLatin AmericaHaitiColombiaExtreme PovertySocial PolicyGrowing Economy Author:Juan Manuel Santos
“You [Jill Stein] also believe in a full employment policy that was the majority Democratic Party policy in 1946. They actually passed a law to that effect. You want to end poverty and when people see how relatively easy it is to end poverty. And one way is to increase the minimum wage: catch up; it's been frozen for so many years.” PeopleWayWantYearsBelieveEndsLawEasyPartyPovertyEffectsPolicyIncreaseMajorityDemocraticEmploymentOne WayMinimumFrozenDemocratic PartyMinimum WageJill Stein Author:Ralph Nader
“The Black public sector middle class teachers, policeman, firemen, and post office workers, those jobs have been on the decline but there hasn't been a corresponding increase in the private sector. What is especially painful is government policy bailed out the banks without making them make reinvestments for rebuilding. The result is 53-million Americans are food insecure, 50-million Americans are in poverty, 44 million are on food stamps, 26 million are looking for a job.” Has BeensGovernmentJobsBlackResultsClassPovertyMillionsTeacherMiddlePolicyOfficeIncreaseWorkersPainfulPostsMiddle ClassDeclineInsecureStampsPolicemenPrivate SectorCorrespondingRebuildingFiremanPost OfficePublic SectorFood StampsGovernment PolicyLooking For A Job Author:Jesse Jackson
“America has exercised its power to insist on elections in Palestine, which Hamas did win. Once they won, we then engaged in a policy not only of ostracism, but by financial boycott, in effect of undermining it, and creating more tension and radicalism and poverty in Gaza, which was susceptible to exploitation by Hamas.” AmericaWinningPovertyEffectsPolicyCreatingElectionFinancialEngagedTensionExploitationPalestineSusceptibleGazaUnderminingHamasBoycottRadicalismOstracism Author:Zbigniew Brzezinski
“I think there are a lot of Republicans who recognize that investment in adolescent girls and empowering them is good for our foreign policy. When they're educated, they tend to give back more to their communities, to rise out of poverty in a way that is good for their families and their communities and ultimately, their countries. I think that we need to keep laying down these markers, and pointing out what's important to our national security and what's important around the world.” ThinkingWorldGivingImportantCountryGirlCommunityPovertySecurityPolicyRepublicanInvestmentEducatedEmpoweringForeign PolicyNational SecurityPointingGiving Back Author:Jeanne Shaheen
“The problem in Peru is not so much poverty - it is inequality. The essence of the discourse in 2005 and 2006 is the same one that we have maintained in 2010 and 2011. My macroeconomic policy is to strengthen and ensure economic growth but with social inclusion.” ProblemGrowthPovertyEconomicPolicyInequalityInclusionEconomic Growth Author:Ollanta Humala
“The best antidote to poverty remains simple - a paycheck. Policies like paid family leave, workplace flexibility and affordable quality childcare can make the difference for two-parent or single-parent working families who struggle to make ends meet.” TwoEndsParentDifferencesSimpleQualityPovertyStrugglePolicyPaidRemainsWorkplaceFlexibilityAntidoteAffordablePaychecksSingle ParentChildcare Author:Madeleine M. Kunin
“Are we interested in treating the symptoms of poverty and economic stagnation through income redistribution and class warfare, or do we want to go at the root causes of poverty and economic stagnation by promoting pro-growth policies that promote prosperity?” WantCausesGrowthClassPovertyEconomicPolicyRootsProsperityIncomeWarfareSymptomsPromotingStagnationClass WarfareRoot CauseCauses Of PovertyIncome Redistribution Author:Paul Ryan
“I believe that we can create a poverty-free world because poverty is not created by poor people. It has been created and sustained by the economic and social systems that we have designed for ourselves; the institutions and concepts that make up that system; the policies that we pursue.” PeopleWorldBelieveHas BeensI BelieveSocialPoorPovertyEconomicPolicyConceptsInstitutionsPursuePoor PeopleSocial SystemsFree World Author:Muhammad Yunus