“part of the problem with a war on poverty today is that many Americans have decided that being poor is a character defect, not an economic condition.” WarCharacterProblemTodayPoorPovertyEconomicConditionsDecidedDefectsWar On PovertyPoverty Today Author:Anna Quindlen
“There's 6 million people living in poverty today, more than when Barack Obama got elected. 6.5 million people are working part-time, most of whom want to work full-time. We've created rules and taxes on top of every aspiration of people, and the net result is we're not growing fast, income is not growing.” PeopleWantTodayResultsPovertyMillionsGrowingTaxesIncomeBarackAspirationPart TimePoverty Today Author:Jeb Bush
“Climate change is not going away. It will only get more extreme and more dangerous with time. There is no hiding from it. Yes, those living in poverty today will be hit first and the hardest, but we are all going to feel it and see it. We already are.” FeelsFirstsTodayPovertyDangerousClimateClimate ChangeExtremesHardestGoing AwayHidingPoverty Today Author:Mark Ruffalo
“There are millions more people living in poverty today than the day that Barack Obama with Hillary Clinton at his side, stepped into the oval office.” PeopleTodaySidesPovertyMillionsOfficeClintonBarackOvalPoverty Today Author:Mike Pence
“To make a proper moral appraisal of the prevalence of severe poverty today, we should focus not on comparisons with times past, when the global average income was much lower, but on a comparison with what would be possible in our time, given the current global average income and level of technological and administrative development.” ShouldWould BeTodayPastGivenLevelsMoralPovertyFocusDevelopmentAverageCurrentsIncomeOur TimeComparisonTechnologicalSevereAdministrativeTimes PastAppraisalPoverty Today Author:Thomas Pogge