#poo

Inequality makes everyone unhappy, the poor most of all, and that is well within the remit of the state. More money gives less extra happiness the richer we get, yet we are addicted to earning and spending more every year. ↗

— Polly Toynbee

#earning #every #everyone #extra #get

Substantive and procedural law benefits and protects landlords over tenants, creditors over debtors, lenders over borrowers, and the poor are seldom among the favored parties. ↗

— John Turner

#benefits #borrowers #creditors #debtors #favored

Originally created to serve the poorest and sickest among us, the Medicaid program has grown dramatically but still doesn't include the kind of flexibility that states need to provide better health care for the poor and disadvantaged. ↗

— Fred Upton

#among #better #care #created #disadvantaged

The Bio-diversity Convention has not yielded any tangible benefits to the world's poor. ↗

— Atal Bihari Vajpayee

#benefits #convention #poor #tangible #world

It would be nice if the poor were to get even half of the money that is spent in studying them. ↗

— Bill Vaughan

#even #get #half #money #nice

The first day I walked into prison, and he slammed that door, I knew the magnitude of the decision that I made, and the poor judgment, and what I allowed to happen to the animals. And, you know, it's no way of explaining the hurt and the guilt that I felt. And that was the reason I cried so many nights. ↗

— Michael Vick

#cried #day #decision #door #explaining

There are no automatic links between poverty and terrorism. Among millions of poor people in the world, only a few turn to terrorism. ↗

— Gijs de Vries

#automatic #between #few #links #millions

In education, they say either property taxes have to go up, or we'll have poor education - that's a false choice. ↗

— Scott Walker

#education #either #false #go #poor

I know some of my parents' friends think 'Little Britain' is in incredibly poor taste. But swimming the Channel? You can't really say anything negative about that, can you? There's nothing better than making your parents happy. The glee on my father's face that day was amazing. ↗

— David Walliams

#amazing #anything #better #britain #channel

The great thing about having a pool in L.A. is that I can use it year-round. And since I've always been an athlete, staying fit is very important. ↗

— Vera Wang

#always #athlete #been #fit #great