Archive for the ‘politics’ Category
No voter who wants his vote to matter would have money in control of politics, but we all know that money controls politicians and sways their law-making. Everyone complains of “money as speech” but can’t free our government from billionaires and corporations.
Carl Levin: Invest in the Future
on Thursday, July 29, 2021Carl Levin Money Quote saying the voters deserve budgets that invests in them and their communities. Carl Levin said:
“The American people deserve a budget that invests in the future, protects the most vulnerable among us and helps to create jobs and economic security” — Carl Levin
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Joe Biden: Trickle Down Economics
on Wednesday, July 28, 2021Joe Biden Money Quote saying that history shows that ‘trickle-down’ economics fails those at the bottom. The middle class must do well first. Joe Biden said:
“Trickle-down economics has never worked, but when working families do well — everybody does well. That’s what the economy we’re building is all about” — Joe Biden
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Trickle-down economics has never worked, but when working families do well — everybody does well.
That’s what the economy we’re building is all about.
— President Biden (@POTUS) July 28, 2021
Fidel Castro: Capitalism Socialism
on Tuesday, July 20, 2021Fidel Castro Money Quote saying Capitalists make use of money while socialists discard it instead. Fidel Castro said:
“Capitalism is using its money; we socialists throw it away” — Fidel Castro
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William Jennings Bryan: Prosperity
on Saturday, June 26, 2021William Jennings Bryan Money Quote saying early in the 20th Century that trickle-down economics should be reversed to grow the economy from the ground upward. William Jennings Bryan said:
“There are two ideas of government. There are those who believe that, if you will only legislate to make the well-to-do prosperous, their prosperity will leak through on those below. The DEMOCRATIC idea, however, has been that if you legislate to make the masses prosperous, their prosperity will find its way up through every class which rests upon them” — William Jennings Bryan
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Nathan Hale: Pecuniary Reward
on Sunday, June 6, 2021Nathan Hale Money Quote saying it is not just expecting payment or rewards that makes public life attract public servants. Nathan Hale said:
“I am not influenced by the expectation of promotion or pecuniary reward. I wish to be useful, and every kind of service necessary for the public good, becomes honorable by being necessary” — Nathan Hale
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Joe Biden: It’s Not ‘We The Donors’
on Saturday, May 15, 2021Joe Biden Money Quote saying the constitution does not begin by saying we the corporations or we the wealthy, it says ‘We the People’. Joe Biden said:
“Our Constitution doesn’t begin with the phrase, ‘We the Democrats’ or ‘We the Republicans.’ And it certainly doesn’t begin with the phrase, ‘We the Donors’” — Joe Biden
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George Takei: Billionaire Mockery
on Tuesday, April 20, 2021George Takei Money Quote saying that when the wealthy can buy campaigns without limits, the idea of every vote counting is destroyed. George Takei said:
“When billionaires can give $50 million, $500 million to a campaign, and there’s no limit, then it makes a mockery of ‘one man, one vote'” — George Takei
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Ronald Reagan: Balancing Budget
on Sunday, April 4, 2021Ronald Reagan Money Quote saying balancing government budgets involves the word no – a bit like turning down a tryst. Ronald Reagan said:
“I think balancing the budget is like protecting your virtue. You have to learn to say ‘no'” — Ronald Reagan
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