John G. Schmitz Quotes
Those who work ought to live better than those that don't.
Goldstein, Richard. "John G. Schmitz, 70, Right-Wing Congressman and Presidential Candidate, Dies." The New York Times, 12 Jan. 2001.
It has been true for most of American history with exceptions in depressions and some of the bad recessions. However after the 2008 economic meltdown of the George W. Bush Administration and the Great Recession that followed up to the time of this interview, it had not been true and one of Brooks' political objectives was to make it so again.
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At the time of this quotation, the nation had gone through more than 3 decades of enormous increase in prosperity for the wealthy, and modest gains for the highly skilled, technically trained workers. However, correcting for inflation, average salaries did not increase at all. The middle class was particularly hard hit. Only 20 percent of the population benefitted from the growth at all; however, the 1 percent had rarely prospered more. Kenworthy’s principle did not apply for this period of American history.
He was concerned that if steps were taken to protect the environment and they slowed or shrank economic growth, the burden would fall disproportionately on the poor.
He was referring to the success of the Clinton Administration.
John George Schmitz was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives and California State Senate from Orange County, California. He was also a member of the John Birch Society. In 1972 he was the candidate for President of the United States of the American Independent Party, later known as the American Party.
