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Next Page »Nick Hanauer: Minimum Pay Raise
on Monday, March 1, 2021Nick Hanauer Money Quote saying the amount earned is directly proportional to the amount spent for minimum wage workers – when. there is enough to cover necessities, it is all spent. Nick Hanauer said:
“The person earning the federal minimum wage of $7.25 isn’t going out to eat at restaurants. They’re not taking piano lessons. They’re not going to the gym or the yoga studio. They’re not sending mom flowers on Mother’s day. What good is this person in the economy? If you raise it to $15 an hour, they’re doing all of those things” — Nick Hanauer
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Tim Jackson: Capitalist Economies
on Tuesday, January 19, 2021Tim Jackson Money Quote saying we have long viewed productivity as the thing that drives capitalism. Tim Jackson said:
“Productivity — the amount of output delivered per hour of work in the economy — is often viewed as the engine of progress in modern capitalist economies. Output is everything. Time is money” — Tim Jackson
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Ronald Reagan: Tax Subsidize It
on Thursday, September 24, 2020Ronald Reagan Money Quote saying government response to everything is a financial response – including taxing and subsidies. Ronald Reagan said:
“Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it” — Ronald Reagan
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Edmund Burke: Parsimony Expense
on Wednesday, June 24, 2020Edmund Burke Money Quote saying Being Miserly Does Not Make One Economical or Frugal. Large expenses may be core to being economical. Edmund Burke said:
“Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy” — Edmund Burke
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Lamar Alexander: Not Enough $
on Wednesday, May 13, 2020Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander saying it’s best to open the country for the sake of the economy and jobs. Lamar Alexander said:
“Staying at home indefinitely is not the way to end this pandemic. There is not enough money available to help all those hurt by a closed economy. All roads back to work and back to school lead through testing, tracking, isolation, treatment, and vaccines” — Lamar Alexander
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Andrew Yang: Reopen Economy
on Monday, May 4, 2020
Andrew Yang Money Quote saying that a tracking app would be required to allow us to open the economy so that we could see if we’ve come into close contact with anyone carrying the coronavirus and that destroys privacy. Andrew Yang said:
“This is a very big problem and issue. If you’re going to reopen any part of the economy and you’re going to do it you would need to have some robust tech tracing and tracking tools. And those things run afoul of what most of us regard as our privacy rights” — Andrew Yang
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Lawrence Glickman: Eat Economy
on Wednesday, April 29, 2020American studies professor at Cornell University Lawrence Glickman saying that the coronavirus lockdown must be lifted to allow Americans to spend to solve the economic constriction we’re facing. Lawrence Glickman said:
“There is an important strand in American culture that praises personal sacrifice as virtuous and noble, but the American economy is also highly dependent on consumption – restaurants, local businesses, travel – and in the short term, the only way to rejuice our economy is to spend our way out of it” — Lawrence Glickman
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Andrew Cuomo: What Life is Worth
on Friday, April 24, 2020Andrew Cuomo Money Quote saying nobody suggests that we can put a dollar value on human life – but all agree the economy is worth less. Andrew Cuomo said:
“If you ask the American people to choose between public health and the economy, then it’s no contest. No American is going to say, ‘accelerate the economy at the cost of human life.’ Because no American is going to say how much a life is worth” — Andrew Cuomo
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