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“With the internet, overnight shipping, and being called snail mail; I can't believe the United States Postal service didn't see it coming.”
Sam James
“I went to a good public school, played sandlot ball in a good public park, had access to a good public library, drove down a good public highway to a good public college, all made possible by people I never met. There was an unwritten bargain among the generations -- we didn’t all get the same deal, but we did get civilization.”
Bill Moyers
“The system’s not broken. It’s fixed.”
Occupy Wall Street (OWS)
“... inequality matters ... is what it takes to live a decent life. If you get sick without health coverage, inequality matters. If you're the only breadwinner and out of work, inequality matters. If your local public library closes down and you can't afford to buy books on your own, inequality matters ... If you lose your job as you’re about to retire, inequality matters. And if the financial system collapses and knocks the props from beneath your pension, inequality matters.”
“So, the rich pour money into elections; in return, politicians write laws that make the rich richer still, and now there’s no ceiling on how much can be spent. Is there a way out of this cycle?”
Lauren Feeney
“Morality cannot be legislated but behavior can be regulated. Judicial decrees may not change the heart, but they can restrain the heartless.”
Martin Luther King Jr.
“Political equality is meaningless in the face of economic inequality.”
Economic
“... inequality matters ... If you get sick without health coverage, inequality matters. If you're the only breadwinner and out of work, inequality matters. If your local public library closes down and you can't afford to buy books on your own, inequality matters ... If you lose your job as you’re about to retire, inequality matters. And if the financial system collapses and knocks the props from beneath your pension, inequality matters.”
“Conceding that capitalism has failed is tantamount to admitting that capitalists aren’t that brainy after all.”
Muhammed Haider
“Who will change the system?”
