#erica

It is time this Congress listened to the American people and minimum-wage workers, and it is time that we act. ↗

— Russ Carnahan

#american #american people #congress #listened #minimum-wage

As winter weather settles in around the country, millions of American families are facing skyrocketing home heating prices with even greater impact if cold temperatures persist into the spring. ↗

— Russ Carnahan

#american families #around #cold #country #even

I think Ralph Nader is the biggest liar in American politics when he said it didn't matter who was president. ↗

— James Carville

#american politics #biggest #i #i think #liar

On 16 September 1985, when the Commerce Department announced that the United States had become a debtor nation, the American Empire died. ↗

— Gore Vidal

#american empire #announced #become #commerce #debtor

When I'm making an American film, it's more safe because there are so many people on the set to watch me. Whatever I do, they say, 'What are you doing!? Tell me first!' There are so many restrictions. ↗

— Jackie Chan

#american film #because #doing #film #first

You know, I've got experiences going back to the wage price controls in the Nixon administration where, in effect, we had what I think was a terrible mistake, in that case a Republican administration, where moved in and tried to control the wages, prices and profits of every enterprise in America. It was a huge mistake. ↗

— Dick Cheney

#america #back #case #control #controls

For 500 years, since European explorers came, Latin American countries had been separated from one another. They had very limited relations. Integration is a prerequisite for independence. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

#another #been #came #countries #european

In the academic world, most of the work that is done is clerical. A lot of the work done by professors is routine. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

#clerical #done #lot #most #professors

Unfortunately, the American justice system is just riddled with lies and inconsistencies. ↗

— Tommy Chong

#inconsistencies #just #justice #lies #riddled

Insisting that we must tax and take and demonize those who have already achieved the American Dream. That may turn out to be a good re-election strategy for President Obama, but is a demoralizing message for America. ↗

— Chris Christie

#already #america #american #american dream #demonize