“My plan is to bring back like the Bracero Program from 1944 that ran for 20 years where the Mexican government vets these people. I mean, they pay for it, and they get green cards, and they're actually legitimate. And then seal the border.” PeopleYearsMeanGovernmentPayPlansProgramGreenCardsRanBordersMexicanSealsVetsGreen Card Author:Kinky Friedman
“Now, you might say – “But why should we pay people for doing what they’re supposed to do?” It’s a fair question – but think of it this way: Every other anti-poverty program that’s been tried has failed to get the national poverty rate below 11 percent... Why shouldn’t we experiment with a program built around the one strategy that has proven time and again to work wonders – capitalism?” PeopleThinkingWayShouldMightPayWonderPovertyPercentCapitalismBuiltFairsProgramStrategyRateExperimentsProven Author:Michael Bloomberg
“Raising the minimum wage may poll well, but having a job that pays $10 an hour is not the American Dream. And our current government programs, offer at best only a partial solution. They help people deal with poverty, but they do not help them escape it.” PeopleWellsMayHelpingDreamGovernmentJobsHoursDealsPayPovertyOffersSolutionsProgramCurrentsAmerican DreamMinimumPollsMinimum WageGovernment Programs Author:Marco Rubio
“Can we really expect adequate funding for programs to clean up our environment and care for people's basic needs as long as the socially essential work of caretaking and cleaning is relegated to women for little or no pay?” PeopleNeedsLittlesLongCarePayEnvironmentEssentialsProgramCleanCleaningAdequateFundingOur EnvironmentBasic NeedsCaretaking Author:Riane Eisler
“Some people record onto tape, and then they pay for the tape, and download those onto a hard drive. Initially in a Pro Tools program. Other people go straight into digital, and use no tape at all.” PeopleHardUsePayRecordsProgramToolsDigitalTapeDownloads Author:Dave Grohl
“Cliven Bundy is breaking the law. He's breaking the law and he wants all of us to pay for his cattle while he's ranting about people who are part of social welfare programs.” PeopleWantLawSocialPayProgramWelfareCattleSocial WelfareBreaking The LawWelfare Programs Author:Christine Quinn
“Puerto Rico loses out on billions of dollars annually because it is treated unequally under a range of federal programs, including tax credits available to millions of households in the States that do not pay federal income taxes.” StatesLosesPayMillionsTaxesProgramDollarsIncludingAvailableCreditBillionsIncomeTreatedRangeHouseholdIncome TaxPuerto RicoRico Author:Pedro Pierluisi
“In my view, we need a massive federal jobs program which puts millions of our people back to work. We must end our disastrous trade policies. We need to raise the minimum wage to a living wage. And we have to fight for pay equity for women.” PeopleNeedsEndsJobsFightingViewsPayMillionsPolicyProgramRaisesTradeMassiveWomens RightsMinimumEquityMen WomenMinimum WageBack To WorkLiving Wage Author:Bernie Sanders
“If Congress wants to mess with the retirement program, why don't we let them start by changing their retirement program, and not have one, instead of talking about getting rid of Social Security and Medicare that was robbed $700 billion dollars to pay for Obamacare.” IfsWantSocialPayTalkingSecurityProgramDollarsCongressBillionsMessRetirementSocial SecurityObamacareMedicare Author:Mike Huckabee
“I have serious concerns about whether it's prudent to give any foreign country substantial leverage over the U.S. economy. Instead of spending $80 billion on important programs here at home, we're sending this money overseas just to pay interest on our debt.” GivingImportantCountryHomeInterestPayEconomySeriousConcernProgramDebtSpendingBillionsPrudentForeign Countries Author:Tim Johnson
“There's only one kind of tax that would please everybody - one that nobody but the other guy has to pay.” KindPoliticalGuyPayPleaseTaxesProgramOther GuysGovernment Programs Author:Earl Wilson
“Americans must either choose big government and be willing to pay for and submit to it, or they must move toward smaller, less intrusive government and be willing to enjoy fewer government programs.” BigsGovernmentMovingEnjoyPayWillingProgramFewerSubmitBig GovernmentGovernment Programs Author:Oliver DeMille
“You can not be a conservative if you're going to keep promoting new programs that you're not going to pay for.” IfsPayProgramConservativeCan NotPromoting Author:Rand Paul
“The most pernicious of his [Obama] proposals will be the massive Make Work Pay refundable tax credit. Dressed up as a tax cut, it will be a national welfare program, guaranteeing a majority of American households an annual check to 'refund' taxes they never paid. And it will eliminate the need for about 20% of American households to pay income taxes, lifting the proportion that need not do so to a majority of the voting population.” NeedsPayCuttingTaxesProgramPaidMajorityPopulationCreditIncomeChecksWelfareProportionVotingMassiveHouseholdProposalLiftingIncome TaxAnnualsDressed UpTax CutsPerniciousRefundsWelfare Programs Author:Dick Morris
“Liberals believe and inexhaustible fund exists that can be tapped endlessly to pay for government social programs. Tax the rich and give it to a long line of moochers, pork barrel hustlers and ne'er-do-wells. These funds would otherwise have been employed as additional capital indispensable to economic progress.” GivingBelieveWellsLongHas BeensGovernmentSocialLinesPayRichProgressEconomicTaxesProgramFundIndispensableEmployedBarrelsPorkLong LinesEconomic ProgressSocial ProgramsPork BarrelMoochers Author:James Cook
“The growing inequality of wealth and income distribution is both a moral and economic problem. If the wealthy are unwilling to pay more taxes, then this is going to lead to spending cuts. And if you put off the table things like national defense, then you're going to end up cutting more and more out of programs that aid the poor. So, I think there are consequences to this idea that tolerance for inequality requires us to - to just do nothing to make the wealthy contribute a higher share of resources to fund the government.” IfsThinkingIdeasEndsProblemGovernmentWealthPoorPayMoralCuttingGrowingShareEconomicHigherTaxesConsequenceResourcesProgramTablesSpendingDefenseAidsToleranceIncomeInequalityFundWealthyDistributionUnwillingNational DefenseEconomic ProblemsSpending CutsIncome Distribution Author:Bruce Bartlett
“If you're worried about the deficit, pay attention to the fact that it's almost all attributable to military spending and the totally dysfunctional health program.” IfsFactsPayAttentionMilitaryProgramSpendingWorriedPay AttentionDeficitMilitary Spending Author:Noam Chomsky
“When contemplating a shield that would protect America for incoming missiles, Democrats suddenly became hardheaded fiscal conservatives. For the first time in recorded history, liberals were concerned about the cost and usefulness of a government program. These people believe federally funded art therapy for the homeless will pay for itself. That you can take to the bank. But a shield to repel incoming nuclear missiles from American soil they said, was too expensive and wouldn't work.” PeopleFirstsBelieveArtSaidGovernmentAmericaPayCostProtectFirst TimeConcernedProgramDemocratNuclearTherapySoilExpensiveContemplatingHomelessThey SaidShieldsMissilesUsefulnessGovernment ProgramsNuclear MissilesArt Therapy Author:Ann Coulter
“We must fundamentally restructure our student loan program. It makes no sense that students and their parents are forced to pay interest rates for higher education loans that are much higher than they pay for car loans or housing mortgages.” ParentInterestPayCarStudentsHigherProgramRateHousingLoanMortgageHigher EducationInterest RateStudent LoanRestructureCar Loan Author:Bernie Sanders
“In every major war we have fought in the 19th and 20th centuries. Americans have been asked to pay higher taxes - and nonessential programs have been cut - to support the military effort. Yet during this Iraq war, taxes have been lowered and domestic spending has climbed. In contrast to World War I, World War II, the Korean War and Vietnam, for most Americans this conflict has entailed no economic sacrifice. The only people really sacrificing for this war are the troops and their families.” PeopleWorldHas BeensWarEffortPaySupportCuttingSacrificeEconomicCenturyMilitaryHigherConflictTaxesMajorsProgramIraqSpendingWar Of The WorldsVietnamWorld War IiContrastWorld War ITroops20th CenturyKoreanIraq WarKorean War Author:Robert Hormats
“We've got this arc of instability from North Africa to South Asia, and we have to pay close attention to it. And we have to build coalitions, something that I did to take on the Iranian nuclear program, and what I will do as president to make sure that we defeat these terrorist networks.” PresidentPayAttentionProgramSouthDefeatNuclearTerroristAsiaCoalitionsArcsIranianInstabilityNorth AfricaSouth Asia Author:Hillary Clinton
“When I taught at the University of Houston in the Creative Writing program we required the poets to take workshops in fiction writing and we required the fiction writers to take workshops in poetry. And the reason for that is because the fiction writers seemed to need to learn how to pay greater attention to language itself, to the way that language works.” WayNeedsWritingReasonLanguagePayAttentionFictionCreativeGreaterTaughtPoetProgramUniversityCreative WritingWorkshopsFiction WritingFiction WritersHouston Author:Edward Hirsch
“We're going to go to the moon. We're going to go on to Mars. We're going to set up a base on the moon. OK, but no money to pay for it, nothing in the budget for it. And so the decision made at that time was to cancel the whole shuttle program to save money, which I think was very, very short sighted.” ThinkingMadeWholeDecisionPayGoes OnMoonProgramBudgetsMarsNo MoneySaving MoneyDecisions MadeShort SightedShuttle Program Author:John Glenn
“In a democracy the day when you pay your taxes, April 15, would be a day of celebration, because you're getting together to provide resources for the programs you decided on.” Would BeTogetherPayDemocracyTaxesResourcesProgramDecidedCelebrationApril Author:Noam Chomsky
“By the time we got to Courageous, we were bringing in more outsiders, so any time we would bring in outsiders, we would offer to pay them, and [as for volunteers from] the church, because they were getting the benefit of the income to all the ministries of the church and the mission, the building program and all those things, they knew up-front that they were volunteering and gladly did so.” ChurchPayFrontsBuildingOffersBenefitsProgramMissionsIncomeCourageousMinistryOutsidersVolunteer Author:Stephen Kendrick
“Back in the late '90s, I put together a humorous newsmagazine program called 'The Awful Truth' for Bravo. We helped one guy get an organ transplant whose insurance company had refused to pay. I thought, if we could save a guy's life in a 10-minute segment on cable, what could we do if we devoted a whole movie to a whole bunch of people?” PeopleIfsWholeTogetherGuyPayCompanyMinutesLateHumorousProgramBunchAwfulOrgansDevotedCablesInsurance CompaniesTransplantsBravoOrgan Transplant Author:Michael Moore
“You're going to hear a lot from President Obama and yes, from Joe Biden, you're hearing a little bit about Medicare these days. What they will not tell you is they turned Medicare into a piggybank to fund 'Obamacare.' They took $716 billion dollars to pay for the 'Obamacare' program.” LittlesBitsPresidentPayLittle BitProgramDollarsHearingBillionsThese DaysFundPresident ObamaObamacareMedicareBiden Author:Paul Ryan
“President Obama is closing the prescription drug doughnut hole. He strengthened Medicare! He extended the life of the program by eight years. And what Governor Romney and Congressman Ryan won’t admit is that their plan would require current seniors to pay, on average, $600 more each year for prescription drugs.” YearsPresidentPayPlansDrugProgramAverageCurrentsEightHolesPresident ObamaGovernorsSeniorClosingRomneyPrescriptionsMedicareCongressmanDoughnutPrescription DrugsGovernor Romney Author:Debbie Wasserman Schultz
“Unlike most government programs, Social Security and, in part, Medicare are funded by payroll taxes dedicated specifically to them. Some of the tax revenue pays for current benefits; anything that's left over goes into trust funds for the future. The programs were designed this way for political reasons.” WayReasonGovernmentPoliticalLeftSocialPaySecurityTaxesBenefitsProgramCurrentsFundDedicatedSocial SecurityRevenueMedicareGovernment ProgramsPayrollTrust FundsPayroll Tax Author:James Surowiecki
“I've never regretted not making Linux shareware: I really don't like the "pay for use" binary shareware programs.” UsePayEconomyProgramLinuxBinary Author:Linus Torvalds
“In a very weak economy, when you say 'cut government spending,' what you mean is you're laying off school teachers and you're de-funding various programs that put money into the economy. This means you have more unemployed people that then draw unemployment benefits and don't pay taxes.” PeopleMeanGovernmentSchoolPayEconomyTeacherCuttingTaxesBenefitsDrawsProgramWeakVariousSpendingUnemploymentFundingUnemployedSchool TeachersGovernment SpendingUnemployment Benefits Author:Fareed Zakaria
“Failure of government programs prompts more determined effort, while the loss of liberty is ignored or rationalized away...whether is it is the war on poverty, drugs, terrorism...or the current Hitler of the day, an appeal to patriotism is used to convince the people that a little sacrifice of liberty, here or there, is a small price to pay...The results, though, are frightening and will soon become even more so.” PeopleLittlesWarGovernmentUsedLossResultsEffortPayLibertyPovertySacrificeDrugProgramCurrentsTerrorismDeterminedAppealsConvinceFrighteningIgnoredPromptsGovernment ProgramsWar On Poverty Author:Ron Paul
“A guest worker program should help farmers who are willing to pay a fair wage for law-abiding, dependable workers - not punish them ... And for this reason I support replacing the H-2A program and implementing new policies that will bring our illegal agricultural workers out of the shadows, as a first step in the process of overhauling our nation's immigration system.” ShouldFirstsReasonHelpingLawNationsProcessPayStepsSupportPolicyWillingShadowFairsProgramWorkersImmigrationIllegalFarmersGuestsFirst StepsAbidingImmigration ReformDependableImplementing Author:Bob Goodlatte
“We must pay attention to the millions of children of this generation who are caught up in armed conflicts. How can we protect them from the worst consequences of war? And when hostilities cease, how can we take the war out of them? By eliminating landmines, controlling the sale of small arms, raising the age of recruitment ... are all essential measures. By reuniting children with their families and providing programs of physical and psychological rehabilitation.” ChildrenWarAgePayAttentionMillionsGenerationsWorstArmsProtectConflictEssentialsConsequenceProgramCaughtCeasePsychologicalPay AttentionProvidingCaught UpHostilityThis GenerationEliminatingRehabilitationRecruitmentLandminesArmed ConflictReuniting Author:Landon Pearson
“I don't think the folks in the low-tax states really want to go into a fairness discussion. Residents of Connecticut and New York would love to remind them how much they pay in federal taxes to support programs for Mississippi and South Dakota.” ThinkingWantStatesPaySupportNew YorkTaxesLowsProgramSouthFolksDiscussionFairnessMississippiResidentsDakotaConnecticutSouth DakotaFederal Taxes Author:Gail Collins
“Those who come forward will not be offered an automatic pass to citizenship and should be expected to pay a substantial fine or penalty to participate in the temporary program.” ShouldPayFineProgramExpectedTemporaryPenaltiesCitizenship Author:Elaine Chao