Walter W. Waters Quotes

Our child benefit goes directly to the families who need it the most.

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

People are struggling. They're trying to make ends meet, and they're looking for Washington to deliver for them. And they don't feel that that's been happening as quickly as it should. We share that frustration. There's no one more frustrated than President Obama.

We need to make sure middle-class people are able to pay the bills. We need to make sure that poor people don't starve. Those are values, too.

Programs like food stamps, unemployment insurance, Medicaid, and job retraining help Americans get back on their feet when they are down and out and laid off through no fault of their own.

We are giving assurance to the American families that help is on its way.

If businesses are being given relief, shouldn't the same relief be given to the American people?

Most social problems could be helped or prevented if people had more money and practical advice.

Society’s willingness to provide for the poor among them increases when the standard of living is advancing.

Guaranteed income schemes can take various forms, but in the simplist the government sends every citizen an annual check in an amount sufficient to keep the worlf from the door when misfortune strikes, but not large enough to satisfy anyone's idea of a good life.

We need to put priority on addressing issues related to people's daily lives and their economic hardships.

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

The people who deserve and need subsidies are those who are on average incomes and less.

I do think that people deserve a basic economic floor so the bottom doesn't fall out under them.

See where Congress passed a two billion dollar bill to relieve bankers' mistakes. You can always count on us helping those who have lost part of their fortune, but our whole history records nary a case where the loan was for the man who had absolutely nothing. Our theory is to help only those who can get along, even if they don't get a loan.

The important thing for the government to do is to help people who cannot help themselves by providing a range of support.

No person should live in poverty after a life of hard work.

A universal cash transfer in the form of a minimum guaranteed income would mean that automatically everyone has something to fall back on without having to deal with the vagaries of their local panchayat.

I believe the benefits of tax reform should flow to those who most need them most - hard-pressed working families struggling to reach or stay in the middle class.

The Great Depression, they come out with the New Deal, black people didn't have access to those government stimulus packages. The New Deal set up what is known as the modern-day middle class. We didn't have access to programs - the G.I. Bill, Social Security, home loans - none of that.

Taxpayers' and 'people on benefits' are not two separate and distinct groups of people.

We deserve an economy that works in every county, for every Georgian, and helps families thrive - not just survive.

Some people have proposed universal basic income, UBI, basically making sure that everybody gets a certain amount of money to live off of. I think that's a wonderful idea. The problem is, we haven't been able to guarantee universal healthcare in this country.

Means-tested benefits have one incredible feature in that they impose huge poverty traps.

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