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Poverty in America and What to Do About It QUOTES

Poverty in America and What to Do About It QUOTES

1 " Franklin Roosevelt had warned in his 1935 State of the Union address that “continued dependence” on government support “induces a spiritual and moral disintegration fundamentally destructive to the national fiber. To dole out relief in this way is to administer a narcotic, a subtle destroyer of the human spirit. "

― Arthur C. Brooks , Poverty in America and What to Do About It

2 " it was the worldwide spread of American-style free enterprise that saved billions from poverty by giving them their first opportunity to rise in history. Truly, this is America’s gift to the world. Conservatives can and must champion this truth without apology or compromise. For the sake of all people, our end goal must be to make free enterprise as universally accepted and nonpartisan as civil rights are today. "

― Arthur C. Brooks , Poverty in America and What to Do About It

3 " For poor parents trapped in dangerous and underperforming urban school systems, it is pretty clear that school choice works. "

― Arthur C. Brooks , Poverty in America and What to Do About It

4 " paying every teacher a bonus up-front and then taking the money back from subpar performers can be even more effective than conventional after-the-fact rewards. "

― Arthur C. Brooks , Poverty in America and What to Do About It

5 " In California, more than 283,000 teachers and roughly 23,000 administrators work in an education sector that consumes nearly 40 percent of the state’s entire general fund. "

― Arthur C. Brooks , Poverty in America and What to Do About It

6 " Get your education (at least your basic education) completed, get a job, get married, have kids—in that order. If you do that, your odds of becoming poor—and of not climbing the ladder of opportunity into the middle class—are slim. "

― Arthur C. Brooks , Poverty in America and What to Do About It

7 " change in the income distribution across all households says little about how people are faring in absolute terms at the bottom of the distribution. "

― Arthur C. Brooks , Poverty in America and What to Do About It

8 " the quality of local public education is improved in areas where there is more competition due to a large number of school districts or a greater availability of nonpublic education. "

― Arthur C. Brooks , Poverty in America and What to Do About It

9 " long-term unemployed should be provided training and then placed in jobs through wage-subsidy programs "

― Arthur C. Brooks , Poverty in America and What to Do About It

10 " 47 million people live in poverty in America today. "

― Arthur C. Brooks , Poverty in America and What to Do About It

11 " unemployment benefit programs have to be supplemented by skills training and greater help with matching workers to jobs. "

― Arthur C. Brooks , Poverty in America and What to Do About It

12 " consumption inequality is a lot narrower than income inequality. "

― Arthur C. Brooks , Poverty in America and What to Do About It