Prestonia Mann Martin Quotes

Share the Wealth

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

I am going to attack income inequality and I think I have a pretty good plan to do so. I don't just tell you what I'm against. I tell you what I'm for and how I would do it.

Imagine a political system so radical as to promise to move more of the poorest 20% of the population into the richest 20% than remain in the poorest bracket within the decade? You don't need to imagine it. It's called the United States of America.

The New Deal was going to redistribute the national income according to ideals of social and economic justice.

We’ve taken care not to penalize the wealthy but we have to redistribute some income …It is through reform that we can obtain fairness in the modern world…A reformed welfare state is the only way to obtain social justice.

Abolish Poverty

The social justice movement of the 21st century is economic development.

Progressive policies lead to a regressive society.

There's enough wealth in the world that no one should go without.

As someone who has dealt with economic hardship, I am committed to making the changes necessary for our country to become more equitable. And to do so, I believe we need to think big.

The economy should serve man, not statistics.

Instead of helping a lucky few to escape disadvantage, a Labour government will aim to abolish poverty completely and create a more equal society, raising the living standards and well-being of all.

Yes, we believe in globalization and trade, but we also believe in you being able to benefit from that more. For too long, we progressives have seemed like part of the system. We need to start thinking about whether or not it's delivering for us now.

If you want to leave move money in the hands of poor people, you cannot do it through personal income tax cuts. You have to just give them money.

My dream is universal income, with a completely different fiscal system to finance it.

The benefits of a universal basic income overall are huge.

It's hard to improve our schools. It's hard to redistribute wealth created by the concentration of technological and financial power or to increase middle-class wages. But it might be easier to lower middle-class costs by building more housing.

I think one of the most important facts of basic income would be that it's not only a redistribution of income, but also of power. So the cleaners and bin men would have a lot more bargaining power.

Black America now has the power to achieve economic inclusion, which we rightfully deserve because we built this country. This is a conversation that white America doesn't really want to have.

If we are serious about breaking cycles of poverty, we have to change this (economy).

Louis Kelso of San Francisco, a lawyer-economist, has for years felt that he has a radical answer to the problem.

For years, I labored with the idea of reforming the existing institutions in the South, a little change here, a little change there. Now I feel quite differently. I think you've got to have a reconstruction of the entire system, a revolution of values.

So we don't need more top-down economics. We've tried that theory. We've seen what happens. We can't afford to go back to it.

We can't afford more top-down economics. What we need are policies that will grow and strengthen the middle class.