America Quote by Tom Vilsack

More than half of America's rural counties are losing population and with it, political representation.

— Tom Vilsack

People don't understand rural America. Sixteen percent of our population is rural, but 40 percent of our military is rural. I don't believe that's…

— Tom Vilsack

The worst example of rural poverty is that of migrant farm workers. They have no permanent jobs, so they have no equity in the…

— Wendell Berry

We don't have enough folks who grew up in working class rural communities.

— Tucker Carlson

Poverty is considered quaint in the rural areas because it comes thatched.

— John Gummer

Sixteen percent of our population is rural, but 40 percent of our military is rural. I don't believe that's because of a lack of…

— Tom Vilsack

We have a middle class that lives on a razor blade. So sometimes when you say poverty, you neglect a large portion of the…

— Elizabeth Edwards

We recognize that the majority of people who are food-insecure or hungry in the world live in rural areas. And most of them are…

— Ertharin Cousin

Rural poverty happens because people aren't being paid to take adequate care of their places. There's lots of work to do here. And you…

— Wendell Berry

Because they [Americans] want to be thought of as a rich nation, they are very ashamed of this place [Appalachia] that has come to…

— Silas House

There is extreme poverty in Appalachia, where I was, and increasingly poverty is not just an urban thing.

— Shane Claiborne

Appalachia, my state, eastern Kentucky, has a large amount of poverty.

— Rand Paul