Approach Quote by Marco Rubio

The important issue is not how much inequality there is but how much opportunity there is for individuals to get out of the bottom…

— Milton Friedman

Government doesn't have to be the enemy, but too much government has produced a new kind of inequality in America: opportunity inequality.

— Marco Rubio

“Incentives aren't the only thing that matter for economic growth. Opportunity is also crucial, and extreme inequality deprives many people of the opportunity to…

— Paul Krugman

When you don't have equality of opportunity because you don't have equal access to education, it just seems so outrageous. It weakens our economy…

— Joseph Stiglitz

We work harder and we earn less. Income inequality is at the highest point in over a century. While American capitalism never guaranteed success,…

— Mario Cuomo

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

I see an America where poverty is defeated by opportunity, not enabled by a government check.

— Mitt Romney

Inequality is not so much a cause of economic, political, and social processes as a consequence. Some of these processes are good, some are…

— Angus Deaton

“The essence of economic inequality is borne out in a simple fact: there are 400 billionaires in the United States and 45 million people…

— Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

And of course, we know that opportunity lies outside the reach of some of our people. We don't need flowery words about inequality to…

— Artur Davis

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

Poverty and wealth inequality are a form of instability into the future.

— Tavis Smiley