Nina Turner Quotes

Universal basic income is not a solution in search of a problem - it is the obvious solution that has been in front of us for years. It only requires us to have the vision, empathy and courage to adopt it for the American people before it is too late.

You are not going to lift everybody out of poverty through the kindness of wealthy people.

I say I don't need a tax cut. It will not do me any more good. I can't buy more, I can't eat more, I can't do more, and I want it distributed among the ordinary people who work every day.

We need to have the social investments by which to quote unquote distribute some of that wealth.

In a good society, those in the middle and at the bottom ought to benefit significantly from economic growth. When the country prospers, everybody should prosper.

I try to deal with the poverty gap - to do policies for all of us rather than only for the wealthy.

Wall Street is in trouble because Main Street is broke.

Spreading the wealth punishes success while setting America on course for a greater dependency on government.

In the wealthiest nation on Earth, no one who works a full time job should have to live in poverty. That's a fundamental value proposition, an article of faith in our country that I know an overwhelming majority of Americans agree on.

We need to make sure middle-class people are able to pay the bills. We need to make sure that poor people don't starve. Those are values, too.

My premise is not to tax to destroy the wealth of the wealthy; it's to increase the wealth of the bottom and the middle class.

If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.

Main Street versus Wall Street was the 2008 economic mantra of Democrat Barack Obama.

The best social programs we've had in this country are those that have united the middle class and the poor.

Until economic freedom is attained for everybody, there can be no real freedom for anybody.

It is unjust to let any starve, when we think it just to limit the wages of the poor, so as they can lay up nothing against the time of their impotency and want of work.

The economy will bump along, with most of us struggling to make ends meet, while the same people who nearly wrecked the economy altogether will be making more money than they can count.

Unless you’re at the very top, you need a more equitable economy.

I have to address the economic conditions of everybody, including, and perhaps first, those who are poor.

Working people of this country want economic security. The worst possible thing you can do for those families is bust the public finances, have some welfare system this country can't afford.

I don't want you to apologize for being rich; I want you to acknowledge that in America, we all should have to pay our fair share.

I want to help the middle class.

You just have to be very humble if America has really worked for you like it has for me. Most of my friends are poor. Most of my siblings are poor. I see how hard it is just to get money unless you've got some incredible luck or work incredibly hard. I want everyone to do well. I wish 'Wayne's World' money on you!

You've got to support working families. We should be looking to support those who strive the hardest, and increase the national living wage, to make sure that the lowest paid get the biggest increase in pay.

We have an economy that's really geared toward rewarding the investor class. What are we doing to make sure that people who want to have a middle-class life are able to keep up?