Scott Brooks Quotes

I only made $200 a week and I had to buy my own bullets.

Poverty is not a disgrace, but it's terribly inconvenient.

I have always had a horror and detestation of poverty.

The bottom line is that five million low-income Americans working full time for minimum wage, deserve a raise.

Since the working-class lives from hand to mouth, it buys as long as it has the means to buy.

When I was young, poverty was so common that it didn’t have a name.

I don't come from a lot of money. In fact, I don't come from any money.

My mother was born into a solidly middle-class family, but, as all too many Americans understand, everything doesn't always go as planned - no matter how hard you work. She died on welfare. Without the support of the state, I shudder to think of where we would have ended up.

I grew up very poor in rural Alabama.

It's wrong that so many hardworking people - people working full-time, or even multiple jobs - need public assistance just to survive.

Too many jobs don't pay enough to get by, let alone get ahead.

I come from a family that doesn't have a whole lot of money.

Too often, low-income Americans must choose between paying for medicine and having their heat shut off.

I come from the lower middle class, originally. We didn't have anything.

My family was mostly unemployed working class.

Living on $6 a day means you have a refrigerator, a TV, a cell phone, your children can go to school. That's not possible on $1 a day.

The people at the bottom who are working but working at relatively low wages need some help.

When I started, I had nothing. Because my family was really, really, really poor.

I have no regrets about being poor.

My mom didn't have a lot of money.

One of the biggest disagreements between Sen. Hagan and I - I don't believe we should be building an economy that's founded on making ends meet on minimum wage. It's impossible; it's a stepping stone.

I don't come from a lot of money.

I come from a working class family. We barely had anything.

My family didn't have lots of money or anything.

There are huge misconceptions about people on benefits. They are labelled scroungers or cheats. The reality is that many who need that level of support are working, but their income is not enough to get out of debt or pay for basics like food and household bills. It's so close to the way I grew up.