Economic inequality is not about food stamps and homeless shelters. It is about being a devotee of social justice and equality. — Mike Quigley Copy Share Image
Tea Party Republicans, in an effort to kill the farm bill will stereotype and make racial comments about food stamps - which… — Eleanor Clift Copy Share Image
When we came to this country, unfortunately, my father lost his job, and we were this close to destitution. We were put… — Raja Krishnamoorthi Copy Share Image
Those of us in the Congress must confront and overcome Republican intransigence to increasing the minimum wage, extending unemployment insurance and protecting… — Charles B. Rangel Copy Share Image
Conservatives are, I think, correct to highlight family stability as a fundamental issue that goes to the welfare of children as much… — Nicholas Kristof Copy Share Image
Many of my single mom friends and I had a fear of appearing poor, especially when we bought groceries with food stamps,… — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
I understand Food Stamps are for people who can't afford food. I can't afford gas. Where is my fuel stamps? — Bennie Cleavland Copy Share Image
Bands a Make her dance,Food Stamps a make her twerk, if romney gets in office these hoes will have to work! lol — Bryan Copy Share Image
How unthinkable that, in a country of such bursting plenty, so many people are facing ongoing hunger and poverty. If we are… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
Should Americans take care of their brothers and sisters? Absolutely. We all have an obligation as individuals to care for the poor.… — Rachel Campos-Duffy Copy Share Image
Look, we'll have to confront the pathologies of poverty at some point. We can deal with them cheaply at the front end,… — Nicholas D. Kristof Copy Share Image
“The American head of state grew up with a mother on food stamps. The British head of state grew up with a… — Johann Hari Copy Share Image
Is it a coincidence that in 1998, Barack Obama talks about a majority coalition of welfare recipients and in 2012 we got… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
I live in a working-class community that is struggling at the poverty line, where people who work full-time jobs still at my… — Cory Booker Copy Share Image
Contrary to what President Obama said in his inaugural address, going on Medicare and food stamps does not strengthen us. Just ask… — Mark Skousen Copy Share Image
Hunger is a political issue, and there are several things politically that are keeping people hungry - not funding food stamps adequately,… — Tom Colicchio Copy Share Image
I have been very outspoken in my opposition to cuts in what I would call the means-tested entitlement programs: Medicaid, food stamps,… — Bruce Babbitt Copy Share Image
“While big corporations make huge, tax-free profits, taxes for the everyday working person skyrocket. While politicians take free trips around the world,… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
While big corporations make huge, tax-free profits, taxes for the everyday working person skyrocket. While politicians take free trips around the world,… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
The ‘Great Society’ has not worked and it’s put us into the modern welfare state. If you look at China, they don’t… — Michele Bachmann Copy Share Image
If you look at what's happened to the stock market, if you look at what's happened to housing values, if you look… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
What are people released from prison expected to do? How are they expected to survive? Can't get a job, locked out of… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
I think the most surreal moment for me having been a kid who was on unemployment, was on food stamps - I'm… — Adam Richman Copy Share Image
The U.S. has become the most egregious war-monger and terrorist nation in the world, as well as the long-time leading purveyor of… — Dave Lindorff Copy Share Image
The Obama economy has led to more women dependent on government programs including food stamps. — Mercedes Schlapp Copy Share Image
We are going to have the candidate of food stamps, the finest food-stamp president in the American history, in Barack Obama, and… — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
When I say dirt-poor, I mean Mom made maybe $25,000 a year. I remember buying milk with food stamps. Vividly. So, growing… — Jason Sehorn Copy Share Image
I would never want people to point at me and say, 'Well, she got herself off of food stamps, so anybody can… — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
In my district, California 14, we have about 4,000 families who are on food stamps, but some of my colleagues have thousands… — Jackie Speier Copy Share Image
A thin safety net, an expansive security state: This is the American way. At all levels of government, the country spends roughly… — Annie Lowrey Copy Share Image
My mother saved our home with a minimum wage job. But in the 1960s, a minimum wage job would support a family… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
More people are on food stamps today because of Obamas policies than ever in history. I would like to be the best… — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
My mom did amazing work, raising four kids on her own on a secretary's salary; we were on school free lunch program,… — Ruben Gallego Copy Share Image
My mother and I were on welfare and food stamps until I was 18, so I've always had this ethos of, like,… — Moby Copy Share Image
Programs like food stamps, unemployment insurance, Medicaid, and job retraining help Americans get back on their feet when they are down and… — Hank Johnson Copy Share Image
Mitt Romney has won the 2012 presidential nomination by promising Republicans that he would end a so-called 'culture of dependency' on welfare… — Christine Pelosi Copy Share Image
My mom is a beautiful, amazing woman. We didn't have a ton of money growing up, and even, at one point, we… — Jessie James Decker Copy Share Image
“If you had the misfortune of having the government intimately involved with your life, whether via public housing or Medicaid or food… — Piper Kerman Copy Share Image
You want to be a country that creates food stamps? In which case, frankly, Obama is an enormous success the most successful… — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
What happened to society? I go into business, I don't make it, I go bankrupt. I've been on food stamps and welfare,… — Craig T. Nelson Copy Share Image
