#soc

It's an indication of how cynical our society has become that any kind of love story with a sad theme is automatically ridiculed as sentimental junk. ↗

— Winona Ryder

#automatically #become #cynical #how #indication

In fact, entitlement spending on programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security make up 54% of federal spending, and spending is projected to double within the next decade. Medicare is growing by 9% annually, and Medicaid by 8% annually. ↗

— Jim Ryun

#decade #double #entitlement #fact #federal

If we really want to make progress and achieve greater fairness as a society, it is time for elemental change. And we should start by looking at the Constitution, with the goal of holding a new Constitutional Convention. ↗

— Larry J. Sabato

#change #constitution #constitutional #convention #elemental

I think as an American society, when we're paying too many taxes or dealing with war, we don't want to see sad things at the movies. ↗

— Zoe Saldana

#american society #dealing #i #i think #many

One poll shows that by 61 percent to 29 percent Americans under 40 say that Social Security needs to be fixed. ↗

— Virginia Foxx

#needs #percent #poll #say #security

Just as in policing there is an emphasis on civilians to help with paperwork, we must free up trained and experienced social workers to focus on children, not bureaucracy. ↗

— Andy Sawford

#children #civilians #emphasis #experienced #focus

The government should now launch an initiative to encourage people to join the social work profession. ↗

— Andy Sawford

#government #initiative #join #launch #now

We need a stronger national voice for social workers which leads to a change in how the profession is viewed and its ability to represent itself to other professional bodies and with central government. ↗

— Andy Sawford

#bodies #central #central government #change #government

It's a mistake to assume that Islamists always come from the slums. Indeed, many come from affluent families but for some reason just couldn't manage to integrate into Western society, even though they had good opportunities for advancement. ↗

— Otto Schily

#affluent #always #assume #come #even

Capitalism inevitably and by virtue of the very logic of its civilization creates, educates and subsidizes a vested interest in social unrest. ↗

— Joseph A. Schumpeter

#civilization #creates #educates #inevitably #interest