“Business leaders, labor unions, governors, mayors, congressmen and presidents have all complained about a lack of funding for years, but aside from a one-time cash infusion from the stimulus program, nothing much has changed. There is still no consensus on how to solve the problem or where to get the massive amounts of money needed to fix it, just another example of political paralysis in Washington.” YearsStillsProblemPoliticalPresidentLeaderExampleChangedAmountNeededProgramLaborUnionsSolveMassiveOne TimeCashGovernorsConsensusFundingStimulusMayorsCongressmanBusiness LeadersParalysisLabor UnionInfusion Author:Steve Kroft
“When the New Deal programs were passed in the mid 1930s, millions of workers were joining unions, striking, and occupying factories to fight for a better life. It was this radical labor movement that forced the establishment to make concessions.” FightingDealsMillionsMovementProgramLaborUnionsWorkersRadicalEstablishmentFactoriesBetter LifeJoining1930sConcessionsNew DealLabor Movement Author:Kshama Sawant
“If we could create the conditions that make racism difficult, or discourage it, then there would be less stress and less need for affirmative action programs. One of those conditions would be an economic policy that would create tight labor markets over long periods of time. Now does that mean that affirmative action is here only temporarily? I think the ultimate goal should be to remove it.” ThinkingMeanLongActionDifficultGoalEconomicPolicyRacismProgramLaborUltimateStressDiscouragingAffirmative ActionAffirmative Author:William Julius Wilson
“Should any political party attempt to abolish social security unemployment insurance and eliminate labor laws and farm programs you would not hear of that party again in our political history. There is a tiny splinter group of course that believes you can do these things. Among them are a few other Texas oil millionaires and an occasional politician or business man from other areas. Their number is negligible and they are stupid.” MenShouldBelieveLawPoliticalCoursesPoliticsSocialCan DoPartyNumbersGroupsSecurityStupidPoliticianAreasProgramLaborOilTinyTexasFarmsUnemploymentPolitical PartiesSocial SecurityOccasionalMillionaireAbolishBelieve You CanBusiness ManSplintersPolitical HistorySocial ProgramsLabor Laws Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower
“I believe we must resolve the problem at our southern border with full regard to the problems and needs of Mexico. I have suggested legalizing the entry of Mexican labor into this country on much the same basis you proposed, although I have not put it into the sense of restoring the bracero program.” NeedsBelieveCountryProblemI BelieveProgramLaborBasesRegardImmigrationBordersResolveSouthernMexicoMexicanEntryRestoring Book:Reagan: A Life In Letters Source: Reagan: A Life In Letters
“The very point of Labor's Zionist program is to have as much land as possible and as few Arabs as possible!” LandProgramLaborIsraelJudaismApartheidZionistZionism Author:Yitzhak Navon