#income

Economists are coming to acknowledge that measures of national wealth and poverty in terms strictly of average income tell you little that is significant of the health or viability of a society. ↗

— Rowan D. Williams

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Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pound ought and six, result misery. ↗

— Charles Dickens

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I have an income nearly sufficient for my wants (no one's income is ever quite sufficient, you know). ↗

— Anthony Hope

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There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think it would be good for him. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

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Right now, too many women who reach retirement age find themselves widowed or single, relying on their Social Security check for over half of their income. ↗

— Judy Biggert

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For people on social assistance, the loss of free dental care, prescription drugs and subsidized housing can greatly outweigh additional income from working. We've all heard the stories. ↗

— Kim Campbell

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Nearly all educational expenditure should be considered a capital outlay, whether it provides a future return in the form of enhanced taxable income or in terms of an enhanced quality of life. ↗

— William Vickrey

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For me the greatest source of income is still movies. Nothing - stocks, financial speculation, real estate speculation or businesses - makes more money for me than making movies. ↗

— Jackie Chan

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Poverty is multidimensional. It extends beyond money incomes to education, health care, political participation and advancement of one's own culture and social organisation. ↗

— Atal Bihari Vajpayee

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A mother's ability to provide for her children is not always tied to income, but rather to education. ↗

— Cat Cora

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