Andrew Yang Quotes

We are one of the richest countries in the world, and there is absolutely no reason why anyone should have to live in poverty.

The economy is not governed with the bottom half in mind.

I don't mind the rich getting richer, but the poor shouldn't be getting poorer, and there should be more people moving into the middle class.

This country is very good at creating wealth, but not very good at distributing it.

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

It's one thing to recognize that the gap between the rich and everybody else is growing like a cancer; it's another thing to come up with useful solutions.

A nation will not survive morally or economically when so few have so much and so many have so little.

Income inequity has to be addressed.

The only way to have a better world and end poverty is by closing the gap between the top and the bottom.

We cannot afford to leave the poor behind.

It would be nice if the poor were to get even half of the money that is spent in studying them.

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

The biggest single challenge to America and our future is income inequality. We've got to fix it.

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

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

In a morally adjusted economy ... the rich should not get richer if the poor get poorer.

Until economic freedom is attained for everybody, there can be no real freedom for anybody.

Americans have historically been more willing than Europeans to tolerate high inequality levels if accompanied by strong economic growth and a healthy middle class.

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

These institutions are generally more skilled at getting rich off those living in the lower economic reaches than they are in preparing them for the job market.

We have to find a way to make the aspects of capitalism that serve wealthier people serve poorer people as well.

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

We have a presidential nominee in Hillary Clinton who knows that, in a time of stunningly wide disparities of wealth in our nation, America's greatness must not be measured by how many millionaires and billionaires we have, but by how few people we have living in poverty.

We have a choice: we can allow the growing disparity between rich and poor to continue unimpeded, or we can take action to budget responsibly and strengthen and expand the middle class. If we want this economy - and this country - to meet its full potential, the choice is simple.

If we focus our economy on improving human outcomes instead of just a topline GDP that is increasingly going to fewer and fewer people, we can see what Americans can do when they're free to unleash their true potential.