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on Thursday, September 13, 2018Thomas Jefferson Money Quote saying we are given land to labor over to produce food and shelter. Small plots and their owners are important to government. Thomas Jefferson said:
“The earth is given as a common stock for man to labor and live on. The small landowners are the most precious part of a state” — Thomas Jefferson
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Noam Chomsky: Precariat, Precarious Proletariat
on Wednesday, June 29, 2016Noam Chomsky Money Quote saying there is a term used to apply to ever more of the working class which are under attack by corporate business interests. Noam Chomsky said:
‘Precariat’ of the core labor force, the ‘precarious proletariat’ suffering from the programs of deunionization, flexibilization and deregulation that are part of the assault on labor throughout the world
— Noam Chomsky
Walt Whitman: Despise Riches, Give Alms
on Tuesday, December 29, 2015Walt Whitman Money Quotation saying do all you can for others financially and devote yourself to doing good above love of money. Walt Whitman said:
“Despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others” — Walt Whitman
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Janet Yellen on Housing Wealth Lost
on Sunday, October 19, 2014Janet Yellen Money Quotation saying real estate prices for homes have not recovered fully, a loss in American assets for the middle class. Janet Yellen said:
“Widening inequality resumed in the recovery, as the stock market rebounded, wage growth and the healing of the labor market have been slow, and the increase in home prices has not fully restored the housing wealth lost by the large majority of households for which it is their primary asset” — Janet Yellen
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Joe Biden: Job = Dignity + Paycheck
on Monday, September 1, 2014Joe Biden saying our employment represents more to us than income, it offers us right to be valued and receive ethical treatment. Vice President Joe Biden said via Twitter on #laborday :
“My dad used to say: Joey, a job is about a lot more than a paycheck. It’s about your dignity” — Joe Biden
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"My dad used to say: Joey, a job is about a lot more than a paycheck. It’s about your dignity." -VP Biden to workers on #LaborDay
— Vice President Biden (@VP) September 1, 2014
William H. Gross at Expense of Labor
on Saturday, November 2, 2013William H. Gross Money Quotation saying in his investment letter for bond fund PIMCO, that he feels guilty for earning at expense of the working man and labor. William H. Gross said:
“Having gotten rich at the expense of labor, the guilt sets in and I begin to feel sorry for the less well-off” — William H. Gross
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Doug Pike on Dept. of Labor Unemployment
on Tuesday, August 6, 2013Doug Pike Money Quotation saying getting hired by unemployment is not something we aspire to unless looking for a chuckle at a bar. Doug Pike in Splattered on the Road to Wealth
“I got hired by the Department of Unemployment after being fired by the Department of Labor” — Doug Pike
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Daniel Webster on Credit Value
on Friday, March 15, 2013Daniel Webster Money Quotation saying access to capital through credit markets has extended value of workers, equipment and trade. Daniel Webster said:
“Credit has done a thousand times more to enrich mankind than all the gold mines in the world. It has exalted labor, stimulated manufacture and pushed commerce over every sea” — Daniel Webster
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