“If you're in your early 20s and you're hanging out with a bunch of other people in their early 20s, nobody has a sense of the kinds of problems that real 'workers' run into every day. They're running into a completely different set of problems like 'what's the party going on right now that I should be going to?” PeopleIfsShouldKindDifferentRealProblemRunningPartyRight NowWorkersBunchHanging OutEarly 20s Author:Aaron Levie
“To fix Social Security, we should first stop using the Consumer Price Index to adjust benefits for inflation. Using the C.P.I. overstates the impact of inflation and has also led to larger increases in benefits for Social Security recipients than the income gains of typical American workers.” ShouldFirstsSocialSecurityBenefitsGainsIncreaseImpactWorkersIncomeConsumersTypicalSocial SecurityInflationAmerican Workers Author:Steven Rattner
“All workers, whether they are employed in the private or public sector, should avoid living 'paycheck to paycheck.' Studies show that every household wastes 10% or more of its salary or income on unnecessary expenditures or by not taking the time to shop for better prices. It's all a matter of proper budgeting.” ShouldMatterShowsStudyWasteWorkersIncomeShopsHouseholdUnnecessaryEmployedSalaryPaychecksExpendituresPublic SectorBudgeting Author:Mark Skousen
“If you can see, hear, feel, and think, you should know that King Dollar rules the United States, and that the workers are robbed and exploited in this country to the heart's content of the masters.If you are not deaf, dumb, and blind, then you know that the American bourgeois democracy and capitalistic civilization are the worst enemies of labor and progress, and that instead of protecting them, you should help to fight to destroy them.” IfsThinkingKnowsFeelsShouldHeartCountryStatesHelpingFightingUnitedEnemyUnited StatesDemocracyProgressWorstMastersKingsCivilizationLaborBlindDollarsWorkersDumbDeafBourgeoisWorst Enemy Author:Alexander Berkman
“I think from a moral issue, CEOs should not be making - whether it's 270 or 300 times more than their workers are making.” ThinkingShouldMoralIssuesWorkersCeoMoral Issues Author:Hillary Clinton
“If the professional schools should succeed in producing skilled workers trained in the technique of their craft, nothing could be done with them if they had no ideal.” IfsShouldDoneSchoolSucceedIdealsWorkersTechniqueCraftsIdealismSkilled Workers Author:Pierre-Auguste Renoir
“The IRS says it wants to make sure companies can give their employees a choice between a new cash balance plan and the traditional defined benefit plan. The real question here is whether companies should be required to give their workers that choice.” WantGivingShouldRealChoicesCompanyPlansBalanceBenefitsWorkersTraditionalDefinedEmployeeCashIrsReal Questions Author:Bernie Sanders
“I believe that we should allow younger workers to contribute toward a personal account that they own, as long as it is coupled with deficit reduction measures that enhance the long-term condition of Social Security.” ShouldBelieveLongI BelieveSocialTermConditionsSecurityAccountsWorkersLong TermSocial SecurityDeficitReduction Author:Cliff Stearns