Posts Tagged ‘wages’
Next Page »William F. Buckley Jr: Inflation Policy
on Saturday, November 19, 2022Meaning of William F. Buckley Jr. Money Quote: saying monetary policy solutions to inflation seems to exacerbate financial problems. William F. Buckley Jr. said:
“The inflation that comes inevitably with government pump-priming soon catches up with the laborer, wipes away any real increase in his wages, discourages private investment, and sets off a new deflationary spiral which can in turn only be counteracted by more coercive and paternalistic government policies” — William F. Buckley Jr.
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Mae West: Tax Wages of Sin
on Saturday, May 28, 2022Mae West Money Quote saying the IRS has no interestin taxing the wages of sin, so it keeps all income. Mae West said:
“When it comes to finances, remember that there are no withholding taxes on the wages of sin” — Mae West
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Nick Hanauer: Trickle-Down Scam
on Tuesday, January 25, 2022Nick Hanauer Money Quote saying trickle down is a scam perpetrated by the rich and taking advantage of the everyman. Nick Hanauer said:
“Americans are right to be pissed. Trickle downers have screwed people over for decades by lowering taxes on the rich, deregulating banks and other powerful corporations, and by convincing people that lower wages are good for the economy. here’s the thing: trickle down is a scam that benefits rich guys like me while screwing everyone else. Don’t buy it” — Nick Hanauer
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Robert Reich: Poverty-Level Wages
on Sunday, April 11, 2021Robert Reich Money Quote saying those working full time jobs at minimum wage are costing the government in subsidies for those same families, so employers should contribute or pay more to workers. Robert Reich said:
“Poverty-level wages cost U.S. taxpayers $152.8 billion a year in public support for working families. So it’s only logical to raise taxes on big companies that give their workers poverty-level wages, to pay for this subsidy” — Robert Reich
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Poverty-level wages cost U.S. taxpayers $152.8 billion a year in public support for working families. So it's only logical to raise taxes on big companies that give their workers poverty-level wages, to pay for this subsidy.
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) February 28, 2021
Romans 6:23: Wages of Sin Death
on Sunday, April 4, 2021Romans 6:23 Bible Money Quote saying Christian belief that Jesus paid for humanity’s sins with his life – celebrated with the Easter Holiday. Romans 6:23 said:
“For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord” — Romans 6:23
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Now go live your life in a way that impressed Jesus and our Lord, that their sacrifices were not made in vain.
— John Hope Bryant (@johnhopebryant) April 4, 2021
Toni Morrison: Earnings Squander
on Tuesday, August 6, 2019Toni Morrison Money Quote saying in the New Yorker of 2017 that money can be wasted and it can be used for real things where it is needed and can bring fulfillment to us. Toni Morrison said:
“Part of my pride in working for Her was earning money I could squander: on movies, candy, paddleballs, jacks, ice-cream cones. But a larger part of my pride was based on the fact that I gave half my wages to my mother, which meant that some of my earnings were used for real things — an insurance-policy payment or what was owed to the milkman or the iceman” — Toni Morrison
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Abraham Lincoln: Reasonable Wage
on Tuesday, January 1, 2019Abraham Lincoln Money Quote saying in text from the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863 that all slaves were to be free and were encouraged to work for pay. Abraham Lincoln said:
“I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defence; and I recommend to them that, in all cases when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages” — Abraham Lincoln
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Leon Trotsky: Understand Economic Process
on Friday, November 9, 2018Leon Trotsky Money Quote saying words and labels for economic processes are meaningless and not understood by most – and certainly not within their power to change or direct. Leon Trotsky said:
“Such categories as ‘commodity’, ‘money’, ‘wages’, ‘capital’, ‘profit’, ‘tax’, and the like are only semi-mystical reflections in men’s heads of the various aspects of a process of economy which they do not understand and which is not under their control” — Leon Trotsky
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Birthday November 7, 1879