Posts Tagged ‘wage’
Next Page »Chris Hedges: With Common Good
on Tuesday, January 24, 2023Meaning of Chris Hedges Money Quote: saying Corporate goals are purely focused on gain and plunder at expense of people. Chris Hedges said:
“We have to grasp, as Marx and Adam Smith did, that corporations are not concerned with the common good. They exploit, pollute, impoverish, repress, kill, and lie to make money. They throw poor people out of homes, let the uninsured die, wage useless wars for profit, poison and pollute the ecosystem, slash social assistance programs, gut public education, trash the global economy, plunder the U.S. Treasury and crush all popular movements that seek justice for working men and women. They worship money and power” — Chris Hedges
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Mitt Romney: Wage Inflation
on Thursday, December 1, 2022Meaning of Mitt Romney Money Quote: saying the minimum wage should see cost of living increases that match rates of inflation. Mitt Romney said:
“I think the minimum wage ought to keep pace with inflation” — Mitt Romney
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Harold Wilson: Wage Price Increase
on Wednesday, June 29, 2022Harold Wilson Money Quote saying that when businesses costs increase, someone will pay for that cost. Harold Wilson said:
“One man’s wage increase is another man’s price increase” — Harold Wilson
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Martin L. Gross: Tax Laws Written
on Thursday, September 30, 2021Martin L. Gross Money Quote saying the tax code was created by the wealthy, who don’t get what the working men and women need to survive. Martin L. Gross said:
“The tax laws are written by men with considerable net worth, and with little understanding of what wage-earners must do to make ends meet” — Martin L. Gross
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Scott Santens: Wage Slavery Force
on Sunday, March 28, 2021Scott Santens Money Quote saying we thought we had gotten rid of slavery as an institution, but we simply evolved it to become wage slavery. Scott Santens said:
“We didn’t abolish slavery as an institution. We simply went from one form of slavery (chattel slavery), to another form of slavery (wage slavery). Instead of forcing people to work for nothing, we instead let people work for money needed to live, without which they risk death for not obtaining” — Scott Santens
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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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Germaine Greer: Housewife Pay
on Sunday, November 3, 2019Germaine Greer Money Quote saying there is no job security as a housewife and it can mean a woman can lose the unpaid role without severance pay. Germaine Greer said:
“The housewife is an unpaid worker in her husband’s house in return for the security of being a permanent employee: hers is the reductio ad absurdum of the employee who accepts a lower wage in return for permanence of his employment. But the lowest paid employees can be and are laid off, and so are wives. They have no savings, no skills which they can bargain with elsewhere, and they must bear the stigma of having been sacked” — Germaine Greer
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Jennifer Newsom: Close Wage Gap
on Tuesday, April 2, 2019Jennifer Siebel Newsom Money Quote saying there are dramatic financial consequences to the gap between men and women doing the same work. Jennifer Siebel Newsom said:
“In California alone, women lose 78.6 billion dollars to the wage gap. It’s time to end this injustice. It’s time to close the gap” — Jennifer Siebel Newsom
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In California alone, women lose 78.6 billion dollars to the wage gap. It’s time to end this injustice. It’s time to close the gap.
That’s why today, I was so proud to launch #EqualPayCA in partnership with @TIMESUPNOW and @CCSWG.
Join us: https://t.co/XTgjXRJPJ4 pic.twitter.com/IpOqCfgKcP
— Jennifer Siebel Newsom (@JenSiebelNewsom) April 1, 2019
