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Next Page »Howard Zinn: Rich & Powerful Unpunished
on Friday, November 16, 2018Howard Zinn Money Quote saying imprisonment for being poor and desperate is pointless and most rich criminals go without consequences that the poor must endure. Howard Zinn said:
![[Prison] is a cruel and useless substitute for the elimination of poverty, unemployment, homelessness, desperation, racism, greed -- which are at the root of most punished crime. The crimes of the rich and powerful go mostly unpunished Quote](http://itsamoneything.com/money/wp-content/uploads/Howard-Zinn-Prison-Substitute-Elimination-Evils.jpg)
“[Prison] is a cruel and useless substitute for the elimination of those conditions — poverty, unemployment, homelessness, desperation, racism, greed — which are at the root of most punished crime. The crimes of the rich and powerful go mostly unpunished” — Howard Zinn
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Mokokoma Mokhonoana: Greed Contagion
on Monday, February 12, 2018Mokokoma Mokhonoana Money Quote saying greediness is a failure of mental health which has been responsible for building our civilization. Mokokoma Mokhonoana said:
“Greed is a contagious mental illness without which civilization as we know it would not have been possible” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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Mokokoma Mokhonoana: To Overlook Greed
on Tuesday, August 29, 2017Mokokoma Mokhonoana Money Quote saying we justify wealth fantasies with added fantasy of benevolent philanthropy to the poor that must certainly come with the windfall we are seeking. Mokokoma Mokhonoana said:
“In order to make them overlook our greed, or to make us seem less greedy than we are, we sometimes remind some people that, if and when we catch it, the wealth that we are relentlessly chasing would enable us to help a lot of poor people” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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Charles Eisenstein: Scarcity of Money
on Sunday, August 6, 2017Charles Eisenstein Money Quote saying lack leads to fear of lack and overcompensation to fend off the scarcity – so we focus on being without to the detriment of gratitude. Charles Eisenstein said:
“From our immersion in scarcity arise the habits of scarcity. From the scarcity of time arises the habit of hurrying. From the scarcity of money comes the habit of greed” — Charles Eisenstein
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Henry A. Wallace: Fascist Greed for Power
on Tuesday, November 29, 2016
Pat Bagley, The Salt Lake Tribune, UT
Vice President to Roosevelt, Henry A. Wallace Money Quote saying fascism evades the laws that should protect citizens from greed wielded by the powerful. Henry A. Wallace said:
“[Fascists] in their insatiable greed for money and the power which money gives, do not hesitate surreptitiously to evade the laws designed to safeguard the public from monopolistic extortion”
— Henry A. Wallace
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Richard Painter: Fiduciary Duty Self Greed
on Monday, October 3, 2016Richard W. Painter Money Quote saying saying that the Trump claim of fiduciary duty to himself is better defined as greed. Richard W. Painter said:
There is no such thing as a fiduciary duty as a businessman to oneself. That’s called greed. And greed is not a component of the law of fiduciary duty anywhere
— Richard W. Painter
John Chiang: Wells Fargo Wanton Greed
on Wednesday, September 28, 2016John Chiang Money Quote saying as California State Treasurer that Wells Fargo cheated and fleeced customers with disregard for institutional ethics and encouraged greediness. John Chiang said:
Wells Fargo’s fleecing of its customers by opening fraudulent accounts for the purpose of extracting millions in illegal fees demonstrates, at best, a reckless lack of institutional control and, at worst, a culture which actively promotes wanton greed
— John Chiang
Bernie Sanders: Billionaires Religion Greed
on Sunday, May 1, 2016Bernie Sanders Money Quote saying some of the wealthy focus their greed on the government to enact policies to make them richer. Bernie Sanders said:
The billionaire class is very religious. Their religion is greed. It's not enough to own the economy, they want to own the government too
— Bernie Sanders
The billionaire class is very religious. Their religion is greed. It's not enough to own the economy, they want to own the government too.
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) May 1, 2016