Income Quotes - page 16

I favor a system where students in publicly funded institutions make a commitment: if they do well in the private sector, they will revert a certain percentage of their income to the education sector; and if they devote some years to public service, their debt will be forgiven. (Howard Gardner)
While no amount of financial wealth can guarantee an experience of prosperity, it is possible to experience prosperity at almost any level of income, except when we are unable to meet our basic physical needs. View quote
Shakti Gawain
When woman work outside the home and share breadwinning duties, couples are more likely to stay together. In fact, the risk of divorce reduces by about half when a wife earns half the income and a husband does half the housework. View quote
Sheryl Sandberg
Spiritual leaders say that as a matter of course prosperity will come when you are pursuing the right things with your life. To feel truly prosperous, you may have to leave the corporate world for good simply because prosperity and freedom go hand in hand. For some people this means having to give up a substantial amount of their income, at least for a certain period of time. View quote
Ernie J Zelinski
The summit, which is set up to educate people about managing their money and protecting their income, leads to empowerment of self, for which this summit needs to be applauded. View quote
Bill Cosby
I think, and I mean this sincerely, I was raised humbly. We were a lower middle income family and a household that was scrimping by at times. We were watching the dollar, stretching the dollar, and coupons. It was all those things. View quote
Bryan Cranston
In the old 20th-century income distribution system, the shares of income going to capital, mainly in profits, and labor, in wages and non-wage benefits, were roughly stable. But that system is no more. View quote
Guy Standing
Think of a public library, worth more for those who cannot afford numerous books. Think of a public waterway or fishing ground. All types of commons have imputed monetary value that together comprise a source of social income. As such, the commons reduces economic inequality and insecurity in society. View quote
Guy Standing
The income distribution system constructed in the 20th century has broken down, and it will not come back. View quote
Guy Standing
Corporations and financiers have used their growing influence to induce governments and international organizations to construct a global framework of institutions and regulations that enable elites to maximize their rental income. View quote
Guy Standing
The claim that if people had a basic income they would become lazy is prejudiced and has been refuted many times in many places. (Guy Standing)
A multi-tier social protection system must be based on a modest basic income so as to enable the precariat to build lives involving a balance of different types of work, not just labour in jobs. View quote
Guy Standing
We are in an era of chronic insecurity and growing inequalities. In that context, we need to have new mechanisms for income distribution which give people a sense of security. View quote
Guy Standing
Twentieth-century welfare state capitalism was historically unique in that national income was split between wages and profits, labour and capital. View quote
Guy Standing
If you had a basic income, it would mean that everybody would have a base on top of which their earned income would be taxed at the standard rate of tax. That would increase the incentive to take low-wage jobs. View quote
Guy Standing
Public social services, infrastructural policies, and so on are vital. But a basic income should be part of a package of reforms. View quote
Guy Standing
If I care for an elderly relative without payment, it is not work, is not counted in national income, and, as it is not labour, is not counted as work. Should my neighbour pay me to do precisely the same tasks, it would contribute to economic growth. View quote
Guy Standing
Nobody should be allowed to fund political parties unless they pay at least 30% tax on all income above the median wage. If that rule applied, the Tory party would be bankrupted overnight. View quote
Guy Standing
The primary value of a basic income would be its emancipatory effect. View quote
Guy Standing
Individual income can grow only as fast as productivity rises. View quote
Alex Berenson
In general, investors prefer companies to reward executives for producing recurring income, not one-time gains. (Alex Berenson)
Overcome your barriers, intend the best, and be patient. You will enjoy more balance, more growth, more income, and more fun! View quote
Jack Canfield
You may or may not agree with Obama's policy prescriptions, but they are, by and large, serious attempts to deal with the biggest issues we face: a failing health care system, oil dependency, income stagnation, and climate change. View quote
Jacob Weisberg
Impunity is epidemic in America. The rich and powerful get away with their heists in broad daylight. ... The Journal recently opposed the corruption sentence of former Virginia governor Bob McDonnell for taking large gifts and bestowing official favors - because everybody does it. And one of its columnists praised Panama for facilitating the ability of wealthy individuals to hide their income from "predatory governments” trying to collect taxes. No kidding. View quote
Jeffrey D. Sachs
What I do is really helping people in maximizing their income and to live the lives they want to live. I effect they're families, I effect their beliefs about themselves and it gives me so much joy. View quote
John Assaraf