Mike Rowe: Kids Can’t Pay College Loans

Posted by admin on Monday, May 2, 2016

Mike Rowe Money Quote saying student loans are paying for education of kids who can’t find work to pay back loans. Mike Rowe said:

We’re lending money we don’t have to kids who can’t pay it back to train them for jobs that no longer exist. That’s nuts
— Mike Rowe

Bernie Sanders: $1 Trillion for Infrastructure

Posted by admin on Sunday, December 20, 2015

Bernie Sanders Money Quotation saying investing in roads, bridges, water & sewer systems over 5 years is needed to keep country functioning. Bernie Sanders said:

I have introduced legislation that would invest $1 trillion over 5 years to modernize our country’s physical infrastructure. This would create and maintain at least 13 million good-paying jobs
— Bernie Sanders

Robert Reich: Customers Create Jobs

Posted by admin on Monday, November 3, 2014

Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich Money Quotation saying that the lie of trickle-down theory was effective until we learned it didn’t work. Robert Reich said:

Corporations don’t create jobs, customers do. So when all the economic gains go to the top, as they’re doing now, the vast majority of Americans don’t have enough purchasing power to buy the things corporations want to sell — which means businesses stop creating enough jobs.
— Robert Reich

Bernie Sanders on Congressional Shoulds

Posted by admin on Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Bernie Sanders Money Quotation saying that instead of blocking all proposals congress should be taking action on jobs, pay and the safety net. Bernie Sanders said:

We should be addressing income inequality, creating a jobs program, raising the minimum wage, passing pay equity for women and expanding social security
— Bernie Sanders

Republicans cannot continue to turn their backs on the disappearing middle class. pic.twitter.com/0uFotlFVJt

— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) August 1, 2014