“It’s been argued that the rising costs of college fall disproportionately on lower-income people, as well as on non-whites and non-Asians, who rely more heavily on loans to cover tuition, room and board, etc. than richer folks do.”— Adam Elder, melmagazine.com
“In exchange for allowing United Technologies to continue to offshore more than 1,000 jobs, Trump will reportedly give the company tax and regulatory favors that the corporation has sought. Just a short few months ago, Trump was pledging to force United Technologies to ‘pay a damn tax.’ He was insist…”— Bernie Sanders, washingtonpost.com
“Today, about 1,000 Carrier workers and their families should be rejoicing. But the rest of our nation’s workers should be very nervous. President-elect Donald Trump will reportedly announce a deal with United Technologies, the corporation that owns Carrier, that keeps less than 1,000 of the 2100 job…”— Bernie Sanders, washingtonpost.com
“A capitalism shaped by the few and unaccountable to the many is a threat to all. Economies are more successful when we close the gap between rich and poor and growth is broadly based. A world in which 1% of humanity controls as much wealth as the other 99% will never be stable.”— Barack Obama, economist.com
“This is the paradox that defines our world today. The world is more prosperous than ever before and yet our societies are marked by uncertainty and unease.”— Barack Obama, economist.com
“Some of the discontent is rooted in legitimate concerns about long-term economic forces. Decades of declining productivity growth and rising inequality have resulted in slower income growth for low- and middle-income families. Globalisation and automation have weakened the position of workers and th…”— Barack Obama, economist.com
“I can't imagine Ronald Reagan not feeling any pain or even rooting for failure when people were being hurt so badly, losing everything.”— Joe Biden, bloomberg.com
“I think it’s a total disgrace. I think it’s a total disgrace for the millions of jobs, and for the thousands and thousands of companies that have left our country. If I were here to speak to every one of those companies for five minutes — bye, bye.”— Donald Trump, time.com
“The people who rigged the system for their benefit will do anything - and say anything - to keep things exactly as they are.”— Donald Trump, politico.com
“Under Ronald Reagan we had the best corporate tax rate in the industrialized world. Now we've got the worst. Rather than working with our corporations to rebuild our economy and create millions of jobs, we're practically forcing them to relocate. This tax plan would cut the corporate tax rate to 15…”— Donald Trump, amazon.com
“With disciplined budget management and elimination of waste, fraud, and abuse, this plan will allow us to balance the budget, grow the economy at record levels, clear the backlog of workers sitting at home, and begin the process of reducing our debt. With moderate growth, this plan will be revenue n…”— Donald Trump, amazon.com
“If we are serious about making America great again, this is where we have to start. Not only will repairing our infrastructure create jobs, and stimulate the economy, it'll make it easier for us all to get home at the end of a long day. And in this case we can make American beautiful again.”— Donald Trump, amazon.com
“If we do what we have to do correctly, we can create the biggest economic boom in this country since the New Deal when our vast infrastructure was first put into place. It's a no-brainer. It's so obvious that even the Democrats can figure it out.”— Donald Trump, amazon.com
“There are overwhelming numbers of Americans who have not participated in the economic growth of the past year, or of the past 20 years, for that matter. They are being forced to mortgage their dreams— their American dreams— just to maintain where they are— just to get by. They have little or no hope…”— Donald Trump, amazon.com
“I’m very concerned about the 46.5 million people living in poverty, and the great majority of middle-class Americans who can barely afford their homes (or have lost them). I am very concerned for the people who can’t pay for the education of their children. In short, I am concerned for the people wh…”— Donald Trump, amazon.com
“When it comes to creating jobs and straightening out our economy, I am the only expert who isn’t talking in “theory.””— Donald Trump, amazon.com
“The bottom line is that we are going to remain dependent on oil and natural gas to fill our energy needs for a long time into the future. So if we are going to become energy independent, we need to keep drilling. The good news is that we have tremendous supplies of fossil fuels. We just need to deci…”— Donald Trump, amazon.com
“Even if that number is only half right, what kind of investment do you make that takes 20 years before you break even? I understand solar energy is eventually going to become more efficient and maybe even cost-effective. Maybe. When it proves to be affordable and reliable in providing a substantial…”— Donald Trump, amazon.com
“We can’t be fooled or lulled into a sense of security by the current drop in oil prices, which is unpredictable and still insufficient, given the amount of oil out there. Those oil prices are like the weather: guaranteed to change. We need to be prepared to drill our own oil. And we need to take adv…”— Donald Trump, amazon.com