Community Quote by Arne Duncan

We can't have all the concentration of wealth in a few places in this country. We've got to create economic opportunity and new industries…

— Ro Khanna

There is a considerable polarization taking place here, increasing the gap between rich and poor. It's most dramatic in Third World countries, of course,…

— Noam Chomsky

We know that over a billion people live in poverty around the world, and most of them are women and girls. If we can…

— Jeanne Shaheen

Poor people of all colors are getting poorer and our communities are getting more toxic. There is a misconception that to grow our economy…

— Majora Carter

The trajectory of this country [USA] is not positive and particularly for the disadvantaged, as we see what's happening. The gains in productivity have…

— Charles Koch

I've seen a lot of poverty - coming up as a young child, lost hopes and dreams and people that never had a chance…

— Maxine Waters

Ours is not a poor country and even though we are now a poor people, there should be no room for the despondency that…

— Anonymous

Since the end of the 1970s, something has gone profoundly wrong in America. Inequality has soared. Educational progress slowed. Incarceration rates quintupled. Family breakdown…

— Nicholas Kristof

If you neglect those who are currently poor and stable, you may create more poor and unstable people. There has been a tremendous concentration…

— Helen Clark

Without financial literacy, divorce rates soar, families rupture, and women stay with abusive men for financial security. A lack of jobs contributes to riots…

— John Hope Bryant

There is no country on earth that has done more for our own poor and for the poor around the world. We are not…

— Rush Limbaugh

We have reduced poverty in the world by 50% since the year 1970 - the number of people who go to bed hungry, the…

— Michael Bloomberg