Ahead Quote by Thomas Perez

No one who works a full-time job should live in poverty. It's that simple. We must stand on the side of hard-working Americans.

— Alex Padilla

“According to a recent poll [...] 94% of Americans agree that "people who work fulltime should be able to earn enough to keep their…

— Barbara Ehrenreich

In the wealthiest nation on Earth, no one who works full-time should have to live in poverty.

— Barack Obama

In the wealthiest nation on Earth, no one who works a full time job should have to live in poverty. That's a fundamental value…

— Anonymous

It is unacceptable that someone can work full time - and work hard - and not be able to lift themselves out of poverty.

— Sherrod Brown

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

— Elizabeth Warren

There's 6 million people living in poverty today, more than when Barack Obama got elected. 6.5 million people are working part-time, most of whom…

— Jeb Bush

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

It is shameful that millions of Americans are suffering the economic injustice of working a full-time job and earning a wage that leaves them…

— Bill Pascrell

The greatest poverty in America today is time poverty. People have money, but they don't have time.

— Brian Tracy

Poverty is poverty. At the end of the day, people want a job.

— Kevin de Leon

It seems to me both moral and practical that in the richest in nation in the world that someone working full time shouldn't live…

— Katrina vanden Heuvel