“We have a serious problem with incarceration in this country. It's destroying families, it's destroying communities and we're the most incarcerated country in the world, and when you look deeper and look at the reasons we got to this place, we as a society made some choices politically and legislatively, culturally to deal with poverty, deal with mental illness in a certain way and that way usually involves using incarceration.” WorldWayLooksMadeCountryReasonProblemCertainChoicesCommunityDealsPovertySeriousIllnessDeeperMental IllnessDestroyingIncarceration Author:John Legend
“In this country we're unprecedentedly safe, comfortable, and well fed, with more and better venues for stimulation. And yet if you were asked, 'Is this a happy or unhappy country?' you'd check the 'unhappy' box. We're living in an era of emotional poverty, which is something that serious drug addicts feel most keenly.” IfsFeelsWellsCountryPovertyEmotionalSeriousDrugSafeComfortableBoxesUnhappyChecksErasFedsAddictDrug AddictVenuesStimulation Author:David Foster Wallace
“The next most dangerous thing [after nuclear proliferation] is probably... global warming, and then, right behind that are overpopulation -- we need to get serious about family planning-and trying to alleviate poverty, to get clean, renewable energy, probably with solar panels to the billion and a half people in the world who don't have access to electricity.” PeopleWorldNeedsTryingNextEnergyBehindsHalfPovertyDangerousSeriousCleanAccessNuclearBillionsPlanningGlobal WarmingElectricityDangerous ThingsRenewable EnergyAbout FamilyProliferationAlleviateOverpopulationFamily PlanningNuclear ProliferationSolar Panels Author:Ted Turner
“The burden of health care shouldn't be borne by the poorest families. We should have equity within health systems so that families are able to cope with serious illness and not be driven into poverty and relationship breakdown because they don't have access to health care.” ShouldCareAblePovertySeriousShould HaveIllnessBurdenDrivenAccessHealth CareEquityPoorestBreakdownHealth SystemSerious Illness Author:Mary Robinson
“If we are serious about breaking cycles of poverty, we have to change this (economy).” IfsPovertyEconomySeriousCyclesCycle Of Poverty Author:Riane Eisler
“I think this book, Matthew Desmond's "Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City.", if you have a friend who is a public official, hand him or her this book. It's that important. And this book raises some serious questions about what kind of country do we want to be.” ThinkingKindImportantBookCountryPovertySerious Author:Daniel H. Pink