Arundhati Bhattacharya Quotes

The reality of this Obamacare provision is that young adults will be forced to subsidize healthcare costs for older, financially stable, working-age Americans. At a time when 20-somethings face underemployment, record school debt and less economic opportunity, it is unfair to saddle them with this burden.

In 2009, the 'New York Times' ran an analysis on the cost of being a LGBT couple trying to live as a married couple but without the same protections. Over a lifetime, they estimated a couple would spend as much as $467,562 more, and as little as $41,196, with costs running lower the higher your income.

Well, where is the money? Show me the money? Our allies have put up a few billion dollars, but the American taxpayer has been required to shoulder the burden of this war.

A $1.7 billion average increase in electricity costs is estimated to result in a $1.3 billion decrease in personal income and a loss of 13,000 more jobs in the region.

All roads lead to Wall Street, but we feel the effects of Wall Street on every street corner. Certainly in Syracuse, N.Y., where I live.

Debt is a social and ideological construct, not a simple economic fact.

Everything we do we should look at in terms of millions of people who can't afford it.

Health care costs blunt the competitive edge of American entrepreneurs, from the auto industry to internet start-ups.

I think the average citizen is going to see no less than a $1,500 or more increase in what it's going to cost for basic living next year,... Taking sales tax off food isn't going to take care of all of that, but I think it's a way that we can help.

As pressure grows to ease the financial burden on social security, pressure will also grow to eliminate the elderly and infirm to 'free up' more money for the 'fit' and those who contribute more than they take from society.

Wal-Mart impoverished its own customer base. Google is facing exactly the same issue long-term, although not yet.

There's a reason that there are oodles of young Aussies, Germans, Japanese, even Chinese backpackers traipsing around the world. They are unencumbered by debilitating student loans. No such luck for the American Theater Arts major with $120,000 in loans.

What we need to do is break the financial community's grip on society.

Frivolous lawsuits are booming in this county. The U.S. has more costs of litigation per person than any other industrialized nation in the world, and it is crippling our economy.

There's more student debt than credit card debt! Everywhere I go, I run into young people trying to build careers while they keep shelling out money on their education loans. If the economy is looking for a new generation of home-buyers, I can't imagine they'll get it from these folks.

The cost of the high-cost economy remains too high.

All taxes must, at last, fall upon agriculture.

When the ruler abusively increases taxes, it discourages the crafts from applying their skills to the creation of new wealth

If you don't have much money, you don't have much chance against a rich opponent, whether you are suing them or they are suing you. Cases can go on for years. Judgments can be appealed. The costs become enormous. Only those with deep pockets can pursue such cases to the end.

The high cost of health care is creating a crushing burden, threatening our economy.

a king-sized cancer on our economy.

We're moving more and more toward user fees, but the people who use social service programs obviously don't have the ability to pay for them.

Money was the crux. Raising money to pay the cost of war was to cause more damage to 14th century society than the physical destruction of war itself.

The real fear of South Koreans … is that the financial price would ruin them. Reuniting Korea would likely cost more than reunifying Germany did…

There is a cost to every decision, and whether or not you impose a public health order has costs to industry and the public.