Alexi Giannoulias Quotes

There are far too many people who get up early in the morning, and work hard, who cannot make ends meet.

Look how many millions of people are underemployed or have lost their jobs. The last thing I'm going to do is play politics with their future.

While some people are certainly seeing economic benefits, many others are unemployed, underemployed, without health insurance and struggling to make ends meet.

Every day I've got to hear about unemployment and people starving.

My family in general - they're troubled or poorer people.

Our businesses can't create jobs when they're losing revenue, and the unemployed can't apply for jobs when they can't pay their phone bill.

The depths of the Depression. You didn't ask what the job was, what the pay was, you didn't ask about stock options, or - you said yes.

Poverty is not a disgrace, but it's terribly inconvenient.

Workers all too frequently have been taking it on the chin. They're working hard and falling behind, all too frequently.

It sends the wrong message to participate in hosted golf and other entertainment activities while thousands of Oregonians face foreclosure, unemployment or are simply struggling.

Tonight, more Americans are out of work and more are working harder for less. More of you have lost your homes and even more are watching your home values plummet. More of you have cars you can't afford to drive, credit card bills you can't afford to pay, and tuition that's beyond your reach.

Unemployment is of vital importance, particularly to the unemployed.

Poverty of course is no disgrace, but it is damned annoying.

I had panels - roundtables in the district - and the stories that were told are really difficult to accept. People who have diabetes who can't get insurance because of a preexisting condition; others who were laid off and the have no place to turn.

When I graduated from high school, it was during the Depression and we had no money.

You know, my Grandpop Finnegan used to have an expression: he used to say, 'Joey, the guy in Olyphant's out of work, it's an economic slowdown. When your brother-in-law's out of work, it's a recession. When you're out of work, it's a depression.'

My father made false teeth. Unfortunately, during the Depression, not many people could afford them, and my parents lost their home.

I can remember living in the housing projects and being broke like it was yesterday.

My father had a series of blue-collar jobs and never made more than $20,000 a year. When I was seven, he got injured on a job. That was a very important point - because of the injury, he couldn't walk, and the company he was working for did not pay him. There was no compensation. So there was no money and no food.

Bonnie and Clyde grew up in absolute poverty. They didn't go to school or have any money; the only way they could figure out how to get ahead was to steal. The banks were foreclosing on everyone's homes. I think a lot of people will be able to relate to that struggle.

I grew up poor.

I know people who have been without a home for ages, and lots of my friends are sofa surfing because they are in between jobs or saving for degrees and other studies - paying £500 rent every month is just not feasible for them.

People don't walk away from their homes unless they can't make the payments. That's an indication that we are in a recession.

The newest victims of the nation's foreclosure crisis are pets, which is extremely distressing to me.

In a packed programme tonight, we will be talking to an out-of-work contortionist who says he can no longer make ends meet.