Joe Sestak Quotes

Inequality is bad for everyone, not just the middle class and the poor.

While we have created prosperity for many, too many are being left behind.

Income inequality is troubling because, among other things, it means that many people in our society don't have the opportunities to advance themselves.

The association of poverty with progress is the enigma of our times.

Inequality of income is bad for everyone, not just the poor and the middle class.

Rising inequality leads to less sustainable growth.

… perceptions of poverty have gone up because there’s been rising inequality.

Billions of people are being left behind by economic growth.

India happens to be a rich country inhabited by very poor people.

Greater inequality in Europe has made people less happy.

One of the strangest things about life is that the poor, who need the money the most, are the ones that never have it.

It is clear that the economy has not gotten better for everyone.

In middle-income countries, inequality becomes a problem because you can see there is a layer of people who are doing well, while the poor are still stuck there.

Richness in the world is a result of other people's poverty. We should begin to shorten the abyss between haves and have-nots.

Inequality is on the rise.

The issue of wealth inequality is ... the great moral issue of our time.

Hunger, the inseparable companion of the poor, is the offspring of the unequal distribution of the wealth and the injustices in this world. The rich do not know hunger.

If poverty was an easy problem to solve, it would have been solved a long time ago.

…nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches, as to conceive how others can be in want.

In the first phase of economic development you have rising inequality.

The burning issue of our time is the growing inequality in income and wealth in our country.

Liberty is impossible if 36 thousand families at the top of the economic pyramid get as much income as 12 million families at the bottom.

There is growing inequality. The families of the all-powerful Ministers are getting richer. The poor and hard-working Belizeans are getting poorer.

Too much is made for us; too much is given to us - even those of us who are underprivileged. The poverty is given to us. The difficulties are given to us.

Inequality is on the rise in Canada and those at the top have no idea what life is like for most Canadian families.