Sharan Burrow Quotes

If we need more demand in the economy then protect people in work and raise the incomes of those on low incomes who need to spend, such as the low paid, pensioners and families with children.

I want a society that provides decent jobs for those who can work and decent security for those can't.

We believe that the federal government is responsible to give every man employment or a guaranteed income.

If there are not jobs or adequate forms of social protection, there is not enough income to create the consumption base that drives demand and sustainable economic growth.

When work is not underpinned by social protection, people risk falling into poverty traps.

The most important social welfare program in America is a job.

I mean, the reality is unemployment today - over 14 million Americans are unemployed. That's exactly what it was a year ago. I mean, this - the American people know we can't borrow and spend and bail our way back to a growing economy.

It takes about two and a half percent growth just to keep unemployment stable.

We didn't start this war - the right wing did. We're tired of seeing good-paying jobs shipped overseas. This fight is about the economy, it's about jobs and it's about rebuilding America.

If you look at the US economy over the last 15-20 years wages have been stagnating or even declining.

Raising the minimum wage isn't just pro-worker; it's pro-economic growth.

The gap between rich and poor under President Obama is getting bigger because fewer well-paying jobs are available. Corporations are being taxed to the hilt and are loathe to add more workers. Thus, salaries fall because there are more than enough applicants to fill any job vacancy.

Raising the traditional and early retirement ages will mean extending workers' taxable earning years, fueling economic growth and putting a dent in our unfunded-liabilities crisis by delaying payouts.

It's pretty clear that over the last three months the economy has paused. And it's also pretty clear the American people are still demanding and asking the question, 'Where are the jobs?' And the reason we don't have new jobs is because of the job-killing agenda pursued by President Obama and his allies in the Congress.

Those of us in the Congress must confront and overcome Republican intransigence to increasing the minimum wage, extending unemployment insurance and protecting food stamps.

The more time I spent in developing countries, and the more time I spent talking to poor people, I realized what they want more than anything is a good job.

We Conservatives hate unemployment.

We never accept low wages as the driving force for employment or growth.

We shall either adopt a plan which will meet the problem of unemployment under capitalism or a plan will be adopted for us which will operate without capitalism.

To reduce inequality, employment must be sustained by appropriate macroeconomic policy.

The first duty of this government is to give the workers work.

Any system of economics is bankrupt if it sees either value or virtue in unemployment.

Labor is not fighting for a larger slice of the national pie. Labor is fighting for a larger pie.

We propose a legal unit of $25,000 a year on family and individual incomes for the war's duration, in return for which union workers would accept non-negotiable Defense Bonds in lieu of all overtime pay for more than forty hours a week

We've got to get everything we want—a works program, social security, wages and hours, everything—now or never.