I thought in this country, the best social program was a…

I thought in this country, the best social program was a job. Yet minimum wage jobs aren't paying enough to keep families out of…

— Barbara Mikulski

The best social program is a productive job for anyone who's willing to work.

— Ronald Reagan

We will allow private and religious groups to compete to provide services in every federal, state and local social program.

— George W. Bush

I believe the best social program is a job.

— Ronald Reagan

The minimum wage can play a vital role in lifting hard-working families above the poverty line.

— Adam Cohen

Tax credits are designed to help people who work hard but who, through no fault of their own, don't earn enough to keep their…

— Nicola Sturgeon

Women continue receiving less salary for the same kind of job. Women have a higher unemployment rate in our country. When you analyze the…

— Laura Chinchilla

The truth is, the greatest tool to lift children and families from poverty is one that decreases the probability of child poverty by 82%.…

— Marco Rubio

Care work is still primarily done by women for free in families and for poverty wages in the market, and this is a major…

— Riane Eisler

Talk to families in poverty and ask them what they need, instead of prescribing it for them. Ask what the barriers are. Ask what…

— Jack Monroe

“According to a recent poll [...] 94% of Americans agree that "people who work fulltime should be able to earn enough to keep their…

— Barbara Ehrenreich

Social Security is the most important social program in America.

— Dick Durbin

“building prisons is our number one social program for young men.”

— Gavin de Becker

There is no social program in this country that is as important as a good job that pays well, that gives someone an opportunity…

— Byron Dorgan

“The ecstatic vision and social program sought to rebuild a society upward from its grass roots but on principles of religious and economic egalitarianism,…

— John Dominic Crossan