#jobs

Most jobs today are still structured the same way they were 50 years ago, when most families had someone who could stay at home. ↗

— Joan Blades

#could #families #had #home #jobs

Most families need both parents to work. Moms need to be able to work and earn fair pay and have the flexibility in their jobs to also be primary caretakers. ↗

— Joan Blades

#also #both #caretakers #earn #fair

What is the biggest public forum in the United States? We were told it's the Super Bowl. The ad shows kids working at blue-collar jobs, and the final statement is just written text: Who's going to pay for the trillion dollar deficit? ↗

— Joan Blades

#biggest #blue-collar #bowl #deficit #dollar

The real story in housing will be a recovery in the economy that will drive a recovery in housing, When people are working, when there are more jobs, more households forming and people go back to buying cars, they're going to want their apartments and homes. And that's when you'll start to see a recovery in home prices. ↗

— Jamie Dimon

#buying #cars #drive #economy #forming

If you really believe that you're making a difference and that you can leave a legacy of better schools and jobs and safer streets, why would you not spend the money? The objective is to improve the schools, bring down crime, build affordable housing, clean the streets - not to have a fair fight. ↗

— Michael Bloomberg

#affordable housing #believe #better #bring #build

And I think the more money you put in people's hands, the more they will spend. And if they don't spend it, they invest it. And investing it is another way of creating jobs. It puts money into mutual funds or other kinds of banks that can go out and make loans, and we need to do that. ↗

— Michael Bloomberg

#another way #banks #creating #funds #go

Unemployment in America today is too high. And part of the reason, unfortunately, is that many companies cannot fill the high-skilled jobs increasingly at risk of going overseas. ↗

— Michael Bloomberg

#cannot #companies #fill #going #high

We can be certain that cities around the world will compete for the jobs that the next revival of the financial services industry will bring. ↗

— Michael Bloomberg

#bring #certain #cities #compete #financial

22 million new jobs under President Clinton. 3 million lost under Bush. ↗

— Sidney Blumenthal

#clinton #jobs #lost #million #new

It wasn't simply that Clinton created the greatest prosperity in the country's history. Or that we created 22 million new jobs, more than ever before. Under Clinton, poverty was reduced 25%. ↗

— Sidney Blumenthal

#clinton #country #created #ever #greatest