Tom Perez Quotes

The only way to have a better world and end poverty is by closing the gap between the top and the bottom.

Unless you’re at the very top, you need a more equitable economy.

We do not accept that ours will ever be a nation of haves and have-nots. We must always be a nation of haves and soon-to-haves.

In a good society, those in the middle and at the bottom ought to benefit significantly from economic growth. When the country prospers, everybody should prosper.

Governance should be designed as an equalizer. Democrats are more inclined towards working families and those who are struggling for a better life.

We don't need to solve the problem of the rich-poor gap. We need to solve the problem of common prosperity.

In a morally adjusted economy ... the rich should not get richer if the poor get poorer.

For the good of Spain, I should like there to be rather fewer rich people and rather fewer poor.

This country is very good at creating wealth, but not very good at distributing it.

We have to find a way to make the aspects of capitalism that serve wealthier people serve poorer people as well.

We must ensure the economy really works for all, to address unconscionable wealth and income disparities that allow access to opportunity for some over others.

A primary justification for a basic income is social justice.

I try to deal with the poverty gap - to do policies for all of us rather than only for the wealthy.

The distribution of wealth is not determined by nature. It is determined by policy.

We must create a kind of globalization that works for everyone... and not just for a few.

Democrats believe in reigniting the American dream by removing barriers to success and building ladders of opportunity for all, so everyone can succeed.

Haiti's economy cannot be built by and benefit just a privileged few. It must be built by and benefit all Haitians.

Economic issues are a subset of social justice. Social justice is unimaginable without economic justice. Isn't that obvious?

It's not enough to have economic growth. You have to distribute wealth throughout all of society.

Economic growth doesn't mean anything if it leaves people out.

Richness in the world is a result of other people's poverty. We should begin to shorten the abyss between haves and have-nots.

We continue to recognize the greater ability of some to earn more than others. But we do assert that the ambition of the individual to obtain for him a proper security is an ambition to be preferred to the appetite for great wealth and great power.

Trickle-down theories do not address the legitimate aspirations of the poor. We must lift those at the bottom so that poverty is erased from the dictionary of modern India.

We need to have the social investments by which to quote unquote distribute some of that wealth.

Our main task is not to see that people of great wealth add to it, but that those without much money have a greater chance to earn some.