Oren Etzioni Quotes

I know that there are many excellent arguments for a universal form of basic income. Since everyone would get it, it would remove the stigma that dogs recipients of assistance and 'entitlements'.

The issue I highlight in the book is welfare reform.

Today we are ending welfare as we know it.

I was once a welfare recipient and am very aware of the successes and failures of this critical safety net. There are those that would have us believe that those receiving TANF benefits are lazy, shiftless, freeloaders who are just sitting around thinking of another way to suckle from the government teat.

Abolish Poverty

I've always thought my main concern is to alleviate the burdens on people, who were earning less money, perhaps than £80,000.

The matter of social security and these grants is to help to address the levels of poverty in the country.

If someone believes that living on benefits is a lifestyle choice, then we need to make them think again.

On the one hand we have got to ask, are there some areas of universal benefits that are no longer affordable? But on the other hand let us look at the issue of dependency where we have trapped people in poverty through the extent of welfare that they have.

We've got to take care of the poor.

Before Social Security existed, about half of America's senior citizens lived in poverty.

No one should be richer than a ten millionaire and no one should be without a home.

For the good of Spain, I should like there to be rather fewer rich people and rather fewer poor.

I’m really not concerned about the very poor. They have a safety net.

I believe in a safety net. I believe one of the responsibilities of the Federal Government is a safety net.

I'm not concerned about the very poor. We have a safety net there. If it needs a repair, I'll fix it.

I think most Americans believe in a basic social safety net.

What we have to do is find a way to divide and conquer the people who are on assistance.

The most important thing is guaranteed livable income, which will take a while to bring in because it means all the provinces have to participate.

Expanding the EITC can get us close to a universal basic minimum income.

The concept of UBI (universal basic income) is a good concept and when Arvind Subramanian had started it, I told him that Indian politicians will say continue the existing subsidies and give this over and above.

You are not going to lift everybody out of poverty through the kindness of wealthy people.

Welfare's purpose should be to eliminate, as far as possible, the need for its own existence.

I'm angry when we have to use state dollars to fill holes in our low-income heating assistance program because there isn't enough support from Washington.

When you talk about war on poverty it doesn't mean very much; but if you can show to some degree this sort of thing then you can show a great deal more of how people are living and a very great percentage of our people today.