"The fundamental law of capitalism is: when workers have more money, businesses have more customers, and need more workers. The idea that high wages equals low employment, it's absurd."

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Source : "'Shit's Gonna Hit the Fan': Talking to a Billionaire About Class War". Interview with Hamilton Nolan, gawker.com. June 16, 2015.

Nick Hanauer

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“Life is a gamble, at terrible odds - if it was a bet you wouldn't take it.”
“Time has a wonderful way of weeding out the trivial.”

Source : Richard Sapir (1988). “Quest”, Onyx Books
“He also deeply distrusts vampires, as you had guessed yourself,â€ Bones added. â€œAside from that, all I heard was enough repetitions of â€˜how many chucks could a woodchuck chuckâ€™ to make me want to stake myself.”
“We are going to have to gather up the fragments of knowledge and responsibilities that have been turned over to governments, corporations, and specialists, and put those fragments back together again in our own minds and in our families and household and neighborhoods.”
“President Obama had lunch with Republican leaders at the White House today and had to do without salt, pepper and butter. Not for dietary reasons. The Republicans refused to pass anything.”
“Weâ€™re all just ingredients. What matters is the grace with which you cook the meal.”
“I like keeping music in front of people. I try to sell at shows as much as I can - setting up a distro table and bringing out crates of vinyl and some CDs. That's my favorite way to sell because you're actually face-to-face with the customer.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“Clean energy is good for the environment, good for national security, and good for thousands of Americans who desire a rewarding career.”

Source : "Electric Current Events: Middle East Revolutions and the Need to Revolutionize American Clean Energy" by Rep. John Garamendi, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 1, 2011.

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