Mary Lou Retton Quotes

If we can spend over $3 trillion on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, surely we can find the money to meet the long-term needs of our people.

If [Donald Trump] is paid zero [taxes], that means zero for troops, zero for vets, zero for schools or health.

You know it's funny, when it rains it pours they got money for wars, but can't feed the poor.

wouldn't you like to make sure all those millions you give to Uncle Sam went to schools and hospitals instead of nuclear warheads?' As a matter of fact, he would. Playgrounds for big kids, preschool programs to little ones, and mandatory LASIK surgery for NFL refs.

I don't know what compassionate conservative means. Does it mean cutting kids out of after school programs, Does it mean drilling in the arctic wildlife refuge? Does it mean sending kids to Iraq without body armor that's state of the art?

We want public services but we do not want to pay for them

I don’t have anything against the rich. I just want some of their money to pay for essential services.

It cannot be said that we dislike paying taxes for the welfare of those less well off than we are, so we develop a draping cover of economic and social theory.

Contrary to Mr. Trump’s claim that the United States is one of the most taxed nations, only South Korea, Chile, and Mexico, among O.E. C. D. countries, collect less in tax revenue as a share of the economy. That means that the American budget for things like prenatal care, low income housing, and worker training is simply not up to the task.

What we shouldn't be doing is borrowing money to give benefits to the most fortunate, to put the burden and pull the rug out of those who struggle the most.

Our Congress passes laws which subsidize corporation farms, oil companies, airlines, and houses for suburbia. But when they turn their attention to the poor, they suddenly become concerned about balancing the budget and cut back on the funds for Head Start, Medicare, and mental health appropriations.

Those who value a strong safety net for our neediest citizens see that every extra dollar spent on these unions is a dollar that cannot go to help the sick, the elderly, and the vulnerable.

We combine fiscal responsibility with social responsibility.

Provision of facilities to the masses is linked with the collection of taxes.

I don't give my money to the government.

It should be a matter of pride for all of us that the taxes we pay are used for nation building - to help the poor and the marginalised, to build rural and urban infrastructure, and to strengthen our border defences.

As a society, we need to refocus on creating an economy that works for everyone. I believe the business community is in the best position to lead the way.

We must stop tax giveaways to rich corporations and developers while our schools are crumbling and people are losing their homes.

More taxes mean more money to spend for public welfare.

When corporations get special handouts from the government, subsidies and tax breaks, it costs you. It means you have to pay more in taxes to make up for these hidden expenses, and government has less money for good schools and roads, Medicare and national defense and everything else you need.

I watch some kids ask the cafeteria ladies to sign their books. What do they write: "Hope your chicken patties never bleed?" Or, maybe, "May your Jell-O always wiggle?

The time has come for an all-out war against poverty. The rich nations must use their vast resources of wealth to develop the underdeveloped, school the unschooled, and feed the unfed. Ultimately a great nation is a compassionate nation. No individual or nation can be great if it does not have a concern for "the least of these".

I have an absolutely unshakable faith in kids, grounded in the fact that I worked for three years in one of the worst public schools in Baltimore, with kids most people would write off because of their backgrounds. But, when I set high expectations, at the end of the day, these kids went from scoring at the bottom on standardized tests, to scoring at the top, despite their unfortunate circumstances.

What kind of nation are we when we give tax breaks to billionaires, but we can't take care of the elderly and the children.

I send my kids to school not only to learn how to read and write and do math, but also to develop socially.