#worker

According to the Social Security Administration, in 1945, 41.9 workers supported each individual retiree, while today only 3.3 workers support each retiree. This system cannot continue. ↗

— Larry Elder

#administration #cannot #continue #each #individual

A market where chief executive officers make 262 times that of the average worker and 821 times that of the minimum-wage worker is not a market that is working well. And it is surely not working well enough to build a solid middle class. ↗

— Marcy Kaptur

#build #chief #chief executive #class #enough

Today, there are more Americans working than ever before in the history of our Nation, and the average wage of those workers is higher than it has ever been in the history of our Nation. ↗

— Todd Tiahrt

#been #before #ever #higher #history

Become more valuable to your marketplace at your job. Your job is full of opportunities. Find them! Make more money! ↗

— Carlos Roche

#co-worker #employee #employer #salary #wage-slavery

I have no particular love for the idealised 'worker' as he appears in the bourgeois Communist's mind, but when I see an actual flesh-and-blood worker in conflict with his natural enemy, the policeman, I do not have to ask myself which side I am on. ↗

— George Orwell

#communist #police #worker #love

To help U.S. workers, farmers and businesses, and America's long-term economic security, Congress should take decisive action to bring about fair trade with China, instead of squandering this opportunity on a weak Republican bill. ↗

— Joe Baca

#action #america #bill #bring #businesses

It's not my fault if the media and the public are more interested in Tiger Woods than in women farm workers. ↗

— Gloria Allred

#fault #interested #media #more #public

Apple is a wonderful company for its customers and investors. So, too, Pixar. (NeXT, not so much...) But Apple is also an engine of misery for its subcontracted Chinese workers. ↗

— Eric Alterman

#apple #chinese #company #customers #engine

And I'm very proud of the 50,000 poll workers and election officials who delivered a free and fair election. ↗

— Kenneth Blackwell

#election #fair #free #i #officials

I had been very close to Anne Bancroft when we worked together in The Miracle Worker. ↗

— Patty Duke

#bancroft #been #close #had #i