Scott McCallum Quotes

You destroy the initiative of the working people if they don't feel they have a fighting chance to be a part of the American Dream.

America's leaders need to put their feet in the shoes of working Americans.

So I will stand more steadfastly for the things I stand up for, like people who work for a living. I'd like to be able to stand that way when I go to Congress.

People who work make the world live better and to reward these people well is normal. Yet they are not the people who are the wealthiest.

The Democrats have pretty much given up on the white working class. That would require a commitment to economic issues, and that's not their concern.

If a man or a woman puts in an honest day's work, they should to be able to earn a living wage.

I think the defining issue of our time is: Does the economic, social, and political system work for the middle class?

I'm not running from the left; I'm running from the bottom. I'm running in fierce advocacy for working-class New Yorkers.

I stand with the working-class citizens.

Donald Trump has courageously taken on the entrenched special interests who sought to suppress the working people of this country and who have sought to deny them a livable wage.

We have to expose Republicans for the frauds that they are when it comes to what they want to do for working men and women.

Average working people need more fresh starts. Big corporations, banks, and Donald Trump need fewer.

Many blue-collar families struggling to pay rent would be happy to skip paying optional union dues.

I believe in capitalism for everybody, not necessarily high finance but capitalism that works for the working men and women of this country who are out there paddling alone in America right now.

My sympathies have always been for working-class people.

We didn't start this war - the right wing did. We're tired of seeing good-paying jobs shipped overseas. This fight is about the economy, it's about jobs and it's about rebuilding America.

If we care about the average working American, then Wal-Mart matters. A lot.

What I care about is whether or not a leader will work with America's working people, whether or not a leader cares about responsibility and honest work and whether or not a leader will fight to keep the American Dream alive.

I think you can have a Left that isn't culturally conservative talking about lunch-bucket issues.

But I don't think the Democratic Party is at eye level with the middle class.

People who work full-time in America should not have to live in poverty - simple as that. Too many jobs don't pay enough to get by, let alone get ahead. Too many people are finding the rungs on the ladder of opportunity further and further apart.

My parents are the last of the middle class. My father worked for the government designing sea mines. My mother was a substitute teacher. Together, they worked really only until they were sixty.

As a member of Congress, I believe it is the responsibility of those elected to represent the people at every level of government to ensure that our government works to ensure that every person who wants gainful employment has it.

Hey, you got something going here. I think we've got a chance for some progressive policy that actually focuses on poor and working people.

We never accept low wages as the driving force for employment or growth.