#poorer

The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer. ↗

— Jawaharlal Nehru

#capitalist society #forces #left #make #poor

Yes, in socialism the rich will be poorer - but the poor will also be poorer. People will lose interest in really working hard and creating jobs. ↗

— Thomas Peterffy

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The problem with beauty is that it's like being born rich and getting poorer. ↗

— Joan Collins

#being #born #getting #like #poorer

The man who has no money is poor, but one who has nothing but money is poorer. He only is rich who can enjoy without owning; he is poor who though he has millions is covetous. ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

#enjoy #man #millions #money #nothing

The tax code is not the only area where the administration is helping the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. It has spent $155 billion for an unnecessary war driven by fear. ↗

— Dennis Kucinich

#area #billion #code #driven #fear

The rich become richer and the poor become poorer is a cry heard throughout the whole civilized world. ↗

— Friedrich Schiller

#civilized #civilized world #cry #heard #poor

The reason that a good citizen does not use such destructive means to become wealthier is that, if everyone did so, we would all become poorer from the mutual destructiveness. ↗

— Richard Stallman

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The rich are richer, and the poor are poorer, in the city than elsewhere; and, as a rule, the greater are the riches of the rich and the poverty of the poor. ↗

— Josiah Strong

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The poorer is a family, the greater is the proportion of the total outgo which must be used for food... The proportion of the outgo used for food, other things being equal, is the best measure of the material standard of living of a population. ↗

— Ernst Engel

#best #equal #family #food #greater

Any health care funding plan that is just, equitable, civilized and humane must - must - redistribute wealth from the richer among us to the poorer and the less fortunate. Excellent healthcare is by definition re-distributional. ↗

— Donald Berwick

#any #care #civilized #definition #equitable