The chasm between rich and poor is becoming larger, and I think it's interesting terrain to talk about and expose. Votes: 1
The difference between rich and poor is becoming more extreme, and as income inequality widens the wealth gap in major nations, education, health and social mobility are all threatened. Votes: 1
Children born to teens have less supportive and stimulating environments, poorer health, lower cognitive development, and worse educational outcomes. Children of teen mothers are at increased risk of being in foster care and becoming teen parents themselves, thereby repeating the cycle. Votes: 1
There are precedents for what happens when societies allow the divide between rich and poor to get so huge that it stops being funny and starts becoming a sick, blood-boiling joke. If you had a Tardis, you could go back to 1917 and ask the Russian royal family how it was all going. Votes: 1
You can't help the poor by becoming one of them. Votes: 0
Most men with nothing would rather protect the possibility of becoming rich than face the reality of being poor. Votes: 0
Savings will not make you rich. Only canny investments do that. The role of savings is to keep you from becoming poor. Votes: 0
When the established members of academia start becoming vocal as to how poor your art is, then you know you're on to something. Votes: 0
Those who are rich cannot see reasons for poor becoming poorer and those who are poor cannot see reasons for rich getting richer. Votes: 0
Only by becoming poor ourselves, by stripping away our complacency, will we be able to identify with the least of our brothers and sisters. Votes: 0
Instead of poor America on socialism becoming more like rich America on capitalism, rich America on capitalism is becoming like poor America on socialism. Votes: 0
The truth is that after several decades of neoliberalism, the rich are becoming increasingly richer while the poor are both more numerous and increasingly poorer. Votes: 0
Largely as a result of the policies and priorities of the Reagan administration, more people are becoming poor and staying poor in this country than at any time since World War II. Votes: 0
Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death. Votes: 4 Anais Nin
Once poverty is gone, we'll need to build museums to display its horrors to future generations. They'll wonder why poverty continued so long in human society - how a few people could live in luxury while billions dwelt in misery, deprivation and despair. Votes: 3 Muhammad Yunus