Bureaucratic Quote by Cassie Peterson

“The government gives us stuff but then when someone gets a job, they take it away, so everyone becomes afraid of work, not because…

— Amy Harmon

“If you had the misfortune of having the government intimately involved with your life, whether via public housing or Medicaid or food stamps, then…

— Piper Kerman

“The way I see it, no one in this country should work full-time and still live in poverty—period.”

— Elizabeth Warren

“I’m chronically unemployed. Never had a job my whole life. None of my family did. I take that back. Once my daddy was hired…

— Sue Grafton

“It doesn't take much to convince yourself that you're doing okay, just some discretionary income and a regularity to your days.”

— Ling Ma

“Why are record numbers of Americans on food stamps? Because record numbers of Americans are in poverty. Why are people falling through the cracks?…

— Bill Moyers

“With the economic depression and unemployment at record levels, at least I have an excuse to be a bum. I can blame Washington DC,…

— Jarod Kintz

“The results of my work don't have much to do with me. I can only be in charge of producing the work itself. That's…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“Poor people are generally a reminder that hard work can be ineffective.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

I often wonder how we can make the more fortunate in this country fully aware of the fact that the problem of the unemployed…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

“We are human beings. Every one of us has worth, talents and skills. Fucking put them to use! Stop taking the easy way out…

— Michael Anderle

“Unemployment benefits are cut off to the long term unemployed in the USA!”

— Steven Magee