Henry George Quotes
Poverty is an open-mouthed, relentless hell which yawns beneath civilized society.
Henry George, 1839-1897, Political Economist, Unsuccessful Candidate for New York Mayor, Progress and Poverty
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President Reagan had given one of his classic, optimistic speeches that connected so well with most of the public. In it he used the Winthrop Puritan metaphor of the "shining city on the hill"—an example that the world will look to in his description of America. His administration was the beginning of a long ear where the upper class grew wealthier and the standard of living of the poor actually decreased a little, which then evolved to the stage where the 1 percent accelerated their increase in wealth and even the middle class stagnated. Cuomo sounded the warning.
Henry George was an American political economist and journalist. His writing was immensely popular in 19th-century America and sparked several reform movements of the Progressive Era. He inspired the economic philosophy known as Georgism, the belief that people should own the value they produce themselves, but that the economic value derived from land (including natural resources) should belong equally to all members of society. He argued that a single tax on land would create a more productive, more just society.
