America Quote by George Packer

These Americans are among the working poor with full-time jobs earning $5.15 an hour. Millions fall into this boat, even more when you consider…

— Marcy Kaptur

“consumed books about social policy and the working poor. One book in particular, a study by eminent sociologist William Julius Wilson called The Truly…

— J.D. Vance

The difference between the very wealthy and the working poor has grown. We raise that minimum wage and we move forward with the vision…

— Barbara Boxer

Working at the Food Bank with my kids is an eye-opener. The face of hunger isn't the bum on the street drinking Sterno; it's…

— Mario Batali

“I consumed books about social policy and the working poor. One book in particular, a study by eminent sociologist William Julius Wilson called The…

— J.D. Vance

If a novel were written about Florida's administration of its healthcare for the working poor, an appropriate title might be: 'Don't get sick, and…

— Joy Reid

“When someone works for less pay than she can live on — when, for example, she goes hungry so that you can eat more…

— Barbara Ehrenreich

Most people don't see themselves as sitting on that bottom rung as a defense mechanism. The more they blame poor people for their poverty,…

— Stephanie Land

“the poorest people in the United States subsidized the contractor bonanza twice: first, when Katrina relief morphed into unregulated corporate handouts, providing neither decent…

— Naomi Klein

Any way you slice it, increasing the minimum wage in Michigan... is likely to make it more difficult for the working poor to find…

— Paul Kersey

I grew up in a family where my parents worked full-time and still found themselves and their six children trapped like so many of…

— Stacey Abrams

My father was a Presbyterian minister, working among the poor in West Virginia. He had taken what amounted to a vow of poverty when…

— James Green Somerville