Impact Quote by Ana Kasparian

Inequality is bad for everyone, not just the middle class and the poor

— Robert Reich

This kind of inequality - a level we haven't seen since the Great Depression - hurts us all. When middle-class families can no longer…

— Barack Obama

We are seeing a working-class, a middle class, which over the last three decades has seen their wages and income stagnate, while the very…

— Katrina vanden Heuvel

“Inequalities are inevitable under capitalism, but no other advanced economy has such a hyperconcentration of wealth. In fact, as we’ve seen, America looks far…

— Hedrick Smith

I think the media and the candidates have got to talk about why the middle class is in decline and why we have massive…

— Bernie Sanders

“The vast majority of Americans, at all coordinates of the economic spectrum, consider themselves middle class; this is a deeply ingrained, distinctly American cognitive…

— Ellen Cushing

Income inequality is troubling because, among other things, it means that many people in our society don't have the opportunities to advance themselves.

— Ben Bernanke

Inequality has the natural and necessary effect, under the present circumstances, of materializing our upper class, vulgarizing our middle class, and brutalizing our lower…

— Matthew Arnold

I think inequality has gone past the point where it's helping us all get rich, and it's really becoming a serious threat.

— Angus Deaton

The greatest problem America faces is the decline of middle class incomes.

— Charles Schumer

You have to live among rich liberals to understand what they're saying. You'll never believe what they mean by 'middle class.' They mean themselves.

— Joel Stein

“On average, the real incomes of middle-class families have grown twice as fast under Democrats as they have under Republicans, while the real incomes…

— Larry M. Bartels