Joblessness Quotes:

A lot of joblessness in the black community doesn't seem to be reachable through fiscal and monetary policies. People have not been drawn into the labor market even during periods of economic recovery.

- William Julius Wilson

source: Interview with Gerald Early, www.motherjones.com. September/October, 1996.

topic: Recovery, People, Community, Joblessness, Economic Recovery

Most violence is intra-racial, and much of the violence in African-American communities is a function of drug availability, joblessness and poverty.

- Julianne Malveaux

source: Source: www.theskanner.com

topic: Availability, Community, Drug, Joblessness

The people who do not get jobs are often the most vulnerable in our society, and joblessness is a terrible plight for anyone who suffers from it.

- Tim Bishop

topic: Jobs, People, Suffering, Joblessness

Joblessness is a weapon of mass destruction. Poverty is a weapon of mass destruction. Hunger is a weapon of mass destruction. Poor health care is a weapon of mass destruction. Poor education is a weapon of mass destruction. Discrimination is a weapon of mass destruction. Let us abolish such weapons of mass destruction here at home.

- Dennis Kucinich

source: "A Prayer for America". Book by Dennis Kucinich, 2003.

topic: Work, Home, Poor Education, Joblessness, Poor Health

You have extreme poverty and high crime and you have to admit that the governance of the Kabul regime has been poor and has been losing its popular legitimacy. You have a corrupt police force, not to mention homelessness, joblessness. The problems are huge.

- Khaled Hosseini

source: "Web Exclusive Interview: Kite Runner author Khaled Hosseini to Speak on Refugee Crisis at Event in Lafayette". Interview with Peter Crooks, www.diablomag.com. April 25, 2009.

topic: Police, Kabul, Poverty, Joblessness, Extreme Poverty

Progressive visions pale and are smashed next to the normalization of market-driven government policies that wipe out pensions, eliminate quality health care, punish unions, demonize public servants, raise college tuition, and produce a harsh world of joblessness - all the while giving billions and huge bonuses, instead of prison sentences... to those bankers and investment brokers who were responsible for the 2008 meltdown of the economy and the loss of homes for millions of Americans.

- Henry Giroux

source: Source: www.truth-out.org

topic: Home, Loss, College, Joblessness, Meltdowns

What has changed about an entire generation of young people includes not only neoliberal society's disinvestment in youth and the lasting fate of downward mobility, but also the fact that youth live in a commercially carpet-bombed and commodified environment that is unlike anything experienced by those of previous generations. Nothing has prepared this generation for the inhospitable and savage new world of commodification, privatization, joblessness, frustrated hopes and stillborn projects.

- Henry Giroux

source: Source: www.truth-out.org

topic: Fate, People, Frustrated, Joblessness, Previous Generations

We're talking about a prison-industrial complex. We're talking about a war on drugs that's generating unprecedented levels of incarcerated folk. We're talking about dilapidated housing. We're talking about joblessness and underemployment.

- Cornel West

source: "Cornel West Reconsiders President Obama". "Talk of the Nation" with Tony Cox, www.npr.org. August 2, 2010.

topic: War, Talking, Drug, Joblessness, Underemployment

From joblessness to lack of education and professional skills to sexual and gender-based violence, women face a multi-faceted oppression.

- Zainab Salbi

source: Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

topic: Skills, Faces, Violence, Joblessness, Lack Of Education

We're dealing with a crisis of inequality, of joblessness, of underemployment.

- Avi Lewis

source: Source: www.indiewire.com

topic: Inequality, Crisis, Underemployment, Joblessness

Military inclusion has never been a central demand from trans populations, who consistently name criminalization, immigration enforcement, poverty and joblessness as top priorities.

- Dean Spade

source: "On Normal Life". Interview with Natalie Oswin, societyandspace.org. January 15, 2014.

topic: Joblessness, Trans

We need to make sure that joblessness never pays more than employment.

- Todd Young

topic: Pay, Needs, Employment, Joblessness

Any time you have poverty, joblessness, sub-par public schools, and a lack of opportunity, you're going to have a high rate of crime.

- George Pelecanos

source: Interview with Keith Phipps, www.avclub.com. September 19, 2001.

topic: School, Opportunity, Poverty, Joblessness

Tainting the tea party movement with the charge of racism is proving to be an effective strategy for Democrats. There is no evidence that tea party adherents are any more racist than other Republicans, and indeed many other Americans. But getting them to spend their time purging their ranks and having candidates distance themselves should help Democrats win in November. Having one's opponent rebut charges of racism is far better than discussing joblessness.

- Mary Frances Berry

source: "Andrew Breitbart on 'Hannity': 'This Is Not About Shirley Sherrod'". "Hannity" with Sean Hannity, www.foxnews.com. July 20, 2010.

topic: Distance, Party, Winning, Joblessness, Purging

Michelle Alexander's brave and bold new book paints a haunting picture in which dreary felon garb, post-prison joblessness, and loss of voting rights now do the stigmatizing work once done by colored-only water fountains and legally segregated schools. With dazzling candor, Alexander argues that we all pay the cost of the new Jim Crow.

- Lani Guinier

topic: Book, School, Loss, Joblessness, Water Fountain

We have weapons of mass destruction we have to address here at home. Poverty is a weapon of mass destruction. Homelessness is a weapon of mass destruction. Unemployment is a weapon of mass destruction.

- Dennis Kucinich

source: "House Divided: Kucinich Delegates Block Kerry From Receiving Unanimous Nomination". "Democracy now" with Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org. July 29, 2004.

topic: Home, Health, Weapons, Joblessness, Quality Health Care

Washington's answer to a self-inflicted financial crisis reminded Americans why they so deeply distrust the political class. The 'fiscal cliff' process was secretive and sloppy, and the nation's so-called leadership lacked the political courage to address our root problems: joblessness and debt.

- Ron Fournier

topic: Self, Class, Roots, Joblessness, Fiscal Cliff

Obama does not need to worry as much as past Democratic presidents about being labeled soft on national security - not after giving the order that led to the assassination of Osama bin Laden. No, his biggest concern is being labeled tone deaf on joblessness and debt.

- Ron Fournier

topic: Past, Order, Giving, Joblessness