In talking about equality and asking vehemently for its realization, nobody advocates a curtailment of his own present income. — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Not everyone can afford to eat well in America, which is a literal shame, but most of us can: Americans spend less… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
It is not just disposable income but whether people feel good about their immediate future that drives sales. It is this feel-good… — Johann Rupert Copy Share Image
The very act of becoming an entrepreneur is contrarian to middle class values, study hard, get a good job, be happy with… — Rashmi Bansal Copy Share Image
Today, the United States is No. 1 in corporate profits, No. 1 in CEO salaries, No. 1 in childhood poverty and No.… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
In the same way that Occupy Wall Street forever elevated that concept of income inequality, the Black Lives Matter protesters have elevated… — Charles M. Blow Copy Share Image
I think it's important to look at what we need to do to get the economy going again. That's why I said… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
“great minds save before they spend, but idiots spend as soon as the income arrives, they never plan because they never save” — Anath Lee Wales Copy Share Image
The most pernicious of his [Obama] proposals will be the massive Make Work Pay refundable tax credit. Dressed up as a tax… — Dick Morris Copy Share Image
And I do not want, and I will not accept, a deal in which I am asked to do nothing, in fact,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Socialism is about claims of justice, and it is also about money: about wealth, income, physical and financial capital. It is an… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
Deflation means a slowdown of income growth. Markets shrink, new capital investment and employment also taper off, so wages decline. That is… — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image
To exist as an advertisement of her husband's income, or her father's generosity, has become a second nature to many a woman… — Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward Copy Share Image
There’s an economic theory out there that if you take the incomes of your five closest friends and average them, the resulting… — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
Another son came along 18 months later, although we waited four years to have the third, because Mitt was still in school… — Ann Romney Copy Share Image
The biggest industrial sector next to real estate is oil, gas and other mineral resources. They don't report any taxable income, because… — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image
A person working 45 hours per week averages 44% more income than someone working 40 hours per week. That's 44% more income for 13% more time. — Warren Farrell Copy Share Image
I studied chemical engineering. I was a good student, but these were the hard times of the depression, my scholarship came to… — Jack Steinberger Copy Share Image
More and more lower-middle-income families either live their lives in debt or leave the city altogether. The boom is strictly at the… — George Steiner Copy Share Image
If we win all those fights, and now let's say the income gap, and the wealth gap, and the education gap have… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It has been a long road. From a mountain coolie, a bearer of loads, to a wearer of a coat with rows… — Tenzing Norgay Copy Share Image
Spending by government currently amounts to about 45 percent of national income. By that test, government owns 45 percent of the means… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
I think that there is a strong argument that our [USA's] leadership, our strength, our influence begins with having an economy that… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
The really great thing about cats is their endless variety. One can pick a cat to fit almost any kind of decor,… — Eric Gurney Copy Share Image
Everyone has a telephone. Whether they can afford it or not. It's one of those things that people have, regardless of their… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
During that first year, I felt guilty that my wife was out working bringing in all our income, while I was at… — George Stephen Copy Share Image
My total year's income from working as hard as I possibly could from writing went from like $30 one year to about… — Kevin J. Anderson Copy Share Image
Right now, too many women who reach retirement age find themselves widowed or single, relying on their Social Security check for over… — Judy Biggert Copy Share Image
The tax relief that this Congress has given now in terms of four tax cuts has overwhelmingly gone to the people at… — Richard Neal Copy Share Image
The marginal tax rate for high income earners is going up. Small businesses are no longer enjoying some of the exemption from… — Chris Alexander Copy Share Image
Hillary Clinton, income inequality, it's richest damn woman next to the Kennedy family, and you're trying to tell me she cares about… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
The income tax was devised to give lawyers and certified public accountants business. Few persons can make head, tail, or middle out… — W. C. Fields Copy Share Image
Poverty, in the end, is a state of dispossession and deprivation in which people are not only deprived of their income, but… — James Gustave Speth Copy Share Image
That whole 99% thing, they are all in the 1% of the world. Every one of them pays a cellphone bill that… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
Trump's claims that he's making taxes more democratic for the people, but it actually is a vast sucking of income and wealth… — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image
Leading economists have shown that by shrinking Texas, we can actually create more income for Texas in the long run. — Ian Frazier Copy Share Image
If Warren Buffett made his money from ordinary income rather than capital gains, his tax rate would be a lot higher than… — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
Do away with the corporate loopholes that allow major profitable corporations to stash their money in the Cayman Islands and not pay… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
When will we address the fact that rich, white people think they know what's in the best interest of children of African-Americans… — Karen Lewis Copy Share Image
“Reliability investing requires finding companies trading below their inherent worth--stocks with strong fundamentals including earnings, dividends, book value, and cash flow selling… — Amah Lambert Copy Share Image