“Instead of focusing on growing jobs and reigniting our economy, President Obama focused on growing government and tried to remake the United States into the image of the debt-laden countries of Europe. His approach has been more spending, more regulation, and higher taxes.” Has BeensCountryStatesGovernmentJobsPresidentUnitedUnited StatesEconomyGrowingHigherTaxesApproachEuropeDebtFocusedSpendingPresident ObamaRegulationRemakes Author:Rob Portman
“We must look at what immigration to America involves. To the new arrivals, the change is excruciating. Learning a new language and dealing with strange customs make the first years of life in the new land painful... The economic system of the United States is a mighty engine of persuasion. It motivates people to do what otherwise they never would in return for fulfilling their dreams. In the process, people learn that there is no sharp line between physical well-being and the higher purposes of life. The comfort of owning a house is at once meeting the obligation to care for one” PeopleYearsFirstsWellsLooksStatesDreamCareAmericaPurposeHouseLanguageProcessLinesUnitedUnited StatesEconomicLandStrangeReturnHigherComfortMeetingsPainfulImmigrationObligationWell BeingCustomsPurpose Of LifeEnginesFulfillingPersuasionArrivalsEconomic SystemsYears Of LifeHigher PurposeNew Arrivals Author:John Lachs
“Far too many doctors-many of them excellent physicians-commit suicide each year; one recent study concluded that, until quite recently, the United States lost annually the equivalent of a medium-sized medical school class from suicide alone. Most physician suicides are due to depression or manic-depressive illness, both of which are eminently treatable. Physicians, unfortunately, not only suffer from a higher rate of mood disorders than the general population, they also have a greater access to very effective means of suicide.” YearsMeanStatesSchoolSufferingLostUnitedClassUnited StatesStudyGreaterHigherDoctorsSuicideRatePopulationIllnessDuesAccessMedicalMoodCommitMediumsExcellentDisorderPhysiciansManicMedical SchoolDepressiveYear OneMood Disorders Book:An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness Source: An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness
“Homicide through gun violence is the leading cause of death among young African American males in the United States. If people look a certain way they have a higher tendency of dying, of having their lives taken away.” PeopleIfsWayLooksStatesYoungCertainCausesUnitedUnited StatesTakenViolenceDyingHigherGunMalesTendenciesAfrican AmericanGun ViolenceHomicideLeading Causes Author:Ryan Coogler
“When two working people decide to marry, their federal income tax is usually increased. As soon as one spouse earns at least 20 percent of a married couple's total income, the couple pays a 'marriage tax.' ... The United States is the only major industrialized nation in the free world in which the tax cost of the second [married] earner's entry into the work force is higher than that of the first. On one hand, our government's social policy is to help working women earn equal salaries to those of men, but on the other we have a tax structure that penalizes them when they do so.” PeopleMenWorldFirstsTwoStatesHelpingHandsGovernmentForceNationsSocialUnitedPayUnited StatesPolicyCoupleHigherCostTaxesEqualMarriedMajorsPercentStructureIncomeSexismSpouseSalaryEntryIncome TaxFree WorldMarried CouplesWorking WomenSocial Policy Author:Millicent Fenwick
“If you are low income in the United States, you have a higher chance of going to jail than getting a 4-year degree.” IfsYearsStatesChanceUnitedUnited StatesHigherDegreesLowsIncomeJailLow Income Author:Bill Gates
“Just from a political perspective, do you think the president of the United States going into re-election wants gas prices to go up higher? Look, here's the bottom line with respect to gas prices: I want gas prices lower because they hurt families.” ThinkingWantLooksStatesPoliticalPresidentHurtLinesUnitedUnited StatesPerspectiveHigherElectionBottomGasBottom LineGas PricesUst Author:Barack Obama
“I believe the United States should make the protection of Syrian civilians from war crimes and crimes against humanity a higher priority.” ShouldBelieveWarStatesHumanityI BelieveUnitedUnited StatesCrimeHigherProtectionPrioritiesCiviliansWar CrimesCrimes Against Humanity Author:Bob Casey, Jr.
“Clearly, there's a real onus on you to do something correctly when everybody, at least in the United States, had a really clear, specific idea of what this guy looked like - and even more so, what he looked like as Clark Kent and as Superman. You have this whole vast audience of people who would be acutely aware of any deviation whatsoever and probably holding you to a slightly higher standard as a result.” PeopleIdeasRealStatesWholeWould BeGuyUnitedResultsUnited StatesAudienceClearHigherStandardsThis GuyDeviationHigher StandardsKent Author:Ben Affleck
“I think it's a scandal what has been happening in the school system so far as lower income classes. The dropout rates, the illiteracy rate, you know literacy in the United States was a lot higher in 1890 than it is now.” ThinkingKnowsHas BeensStatesSchoolUnitedClassUnited StatesHigherHappeningsRateIncomeLiteracyScandalSchool SystemIlliteracyDropouts Author:Milton Friedman
“Education should be a right, not a privilege. We need a revolution in the way that the United States funds higher education.” WayNeedsShouldStatesUnitedEducationUnited StatesCollegeRevolutionHigherPrivilegeFundHigher EducationTuitionCollege Tuition Author:Bernie Sanders
“How can the United States be competitive globally if higher education is unaffordable? Germany, Austria, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Scotland and Sweden have no tuition for college. Other countries have low tuition. We need the best educated workforce in the world. Instead of spending endless amounts on the military, we need to invest in our young people.” PeopleIfsWorldNeedsCountryStatesYoungUnitedEducationUnited StatesMilitaryCollegeAmountHigherLowsSpendingEndlessEducatedGermanyOther CountriesScotlandHigher EducationSwedenWorkforceDenmarkTuitionNorwayAustriaFinlandCollege Tuition Author:Bernie Sanders