Gwen Ifill Quotes

Sometimes I make more money in a weekend than my grandpa made in a year.

I support people making more than $9. I want people to make as much as they can.

No person can maximize the American Dream on the minimum wage.

I think you're only free if you're working on very low or huge money.

This is going to sound horrible, but I don't even know how much I make in a year. It must be, you know, a couple of million dollars, a few million. I know it's more money than my dad, a jail guard, made in his lifetime; more money than I'll ever need.

Working 40 hours a week used to mean a minimum standard of living and a foothold on the first rung of the economic ladder to the middle class.

In a capitalistic society, success is determined by whether you can pay the bills.

How can a guy talk about $20 or $30 million if he's never even made $8 or $9 million?

My first job paid well for a young attorney. I was making over $50,000, which was more than either of my parents had ever made. I thought I was rich.

For many young people, the minimum wage is a stepping stone to higher employment levels.

I want to create an economy where minimum wage is a very brief stepping stone to higher-paying jobs so people can realize their dreams.

Economic mobility will fix income inequality.

No one wants to work for little money; otherwise, they would be living on the streets.

When our economy is truly healthy, and everyone rises with the tide of prosperity, then issues such as the lack of affordable housing, homelessness, and hunger are greatly diminished.

We should be helping people who actually need it, people working hard while their paychecks aren't increasing as much as they should.

I can tell you what people on minimum wage want: They want a career. They don't want a minimum wage.

We deserve an economy that works in every county, for every Georgian, and helps families thrive - not just survive.

Compared to today's salaries, our cut was minuscule but it was very good for the time.

I never met a poor person who wanted to soak the rich; they want to get rich.

At the end of the day, yes, I'm looking to create a lot of wealth.

I believe that God's dream is that we be successful in our careers, and that we be able to send our kids to college. I don't mean that everyone is going to be rich, and I preach a lot on blooming where you're planted. But I don't have the mindset that money is a bad thing.

I am working hard to ensure that working families can continue to afford to live in our city.

I'm worried about that man or woman sitting around - the coffee table tonight or in their kitchen talking about how are we going to get to work. How are we going to have the dignity to take care of our family.

The minimum wage is not something that you want to stay on as a permanent basis. For example, if you have a minimum wage job, you don't stay there 20 or 30 years. You don't put your children through college working on minimum wage.

I believe a solid, really strong middle-class is the key to making the country in the best way.