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on Friday, May 27, 2016Bernie Sanders Money Quote saying if workers and the poor are abused for the sake of wealth and profit, we’re failing as a society. Bernie Sanders said:
“If we let the quest for profits dominate society; if workers become disposable cogs of the financial system; if vast inequalities of power and wealth lead to marginalization of the poor and the powerless; then the common good is squandered and the market economy fails us” — Bernie Sanders
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Rana Foroohar: Finance Industry Profits
on Wednesday, May 18, 2016Rana Foroohar Money Quote Wall street takes a far bigger slice of corporate profits in America than the small percentage of jobs it creates. Rana Foroohar said:
“The finance industry creates 4% of jobs, but takes 25% of the profits in corporate America” — Rana Foroohar
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For the past 15 years Rana Foroohar has covered the financial industry for Newsweek and Time and has now written a book looking at what she’s learned during that time
Warren Buffett: Not Trade a Night’s Sleep
on Wednesday, April 27, 2016Warren Buffett Money Quote saying having sold, there is no looking back and no regrets on trades already made. Warren Buffett said:
“When forced to choose, I will not trade even a night’s sleep for the chance of extra profits” — Warren Buffett
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Nick Hanauer: Raising Wages Increases
on Friday, January 15, 2016Nick Hanauer Money Quotation saying Increasing available spending money among workers means they’ll buy more and create demand. Nick Hanauer said
“Raising wages increases demand, which increases hiring, which in turn increases wages and demand and profits” — Nick Hanauer
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Bernie Sanders: Billionaire Hedge Funders
on Monday, December 21, 2015
Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune
Bernie Sanders Money Quotation saying Tax havens for corporations and taxes for billionaire hedge fund managers aren’t fair to working Americans. Bernie Sanders said:
“Major corporations that earn billions in profits stash their money in tax havens and pay nothing in federal income taxes, while billionaire hedge fund managers pay a lower effective tax rate than nurses or teachers” — Bernie Sanders
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Bernie Sanders: U.S. No. 1 in Inequality
on Sunday, November 29, 2015Bernie Sanders Money Quotation saying there are several things the United States is number one in the world where we should be ashamed we lead, including wealth inequity and youth poverty. Bernie Sanders said:
“Today, the United States is No. 1 in billionaires, No. 1 in corporate profits, No. 1 in CEO salaries, No. 1 in childhood poverty and No. 1 in income and wealth inequality in the industrialized world” — Bernie Sanders
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Paul Tudor Jones: Make Justness = Profits
on Monday, October 12, 2015Paul Tudor Jones Money Quotation saying if we focus on being just while also minding profit, we regain what makes us truly human. Paul Tudor Jones said:
“When we put justness on par with profits, we’ll get the most wonderful thing in all the world. We’ll take back our humanity” — Paul Tudor Jones
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Smedley D Butler: WWI $16 Trillion in Profits
on Saturday, July 18, 2015Smedley D Butler Money Quotation saying World War One earned business trillions and made many business owners wealthy and some billionaires. Smedley D Butler said:
“It has been estimated by statisticians and economists that the war (WWI) yielded $16 Trillion in Profits. That is how the 21,000 Billionaires and millionaires got that way. This $16 Trillion in Profits is not to be sneezed at. It is quite a tidy sum” — Smedley D Butler
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