Bears Quote by Nicolas Sarkozy

Any attempt to redress the inequities and injustices that plague our society has to start with the reality that we will never live in…

— Dawn Foster

Some people's money is merited and other people's is inherited.

— Ogden Nash

I don't like gross monetary inequities. I firmly believe that the wrong people and the wrong professions are being rewarded, and rewarded absurdly, and…

— Michael Dirda

Will a guaranteed annual wage kill incentive among the poor? If a man is given a certain amount of security, won't he quit working?…

— Pierre Berton

As we celebrate a culture of giving, however, we must also sharpen the question of how extreme wealth generation happens in the first place.…

— Rohini Nilekani

All wages are based primarily on productive power. Anything else would be charity.

— Elbert Hubbard

The rich feel full of merit.

— Mason Cooley

“Obama’s claims about teachers and CEOs gets to a broader puzzle about how a capitalist society assigns rewards. At first glance, it seems that…

— Dinesh D'Souza

If the money is raised by taxation, then the burden will fall where it ought to fall, . . . and the rich and…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

But the truth is the meritocracy is a lie. Those born into wealth and privilege will always be able to game the system for…

— Krystal Ball

Like everyone else, rich people respond to incentives.

— Tucker Carlson

“Politicians must find a way – or several ways for different groups – of framing basic income so as to outflank critics from the…

— Guy Standing