I'm not a professional politician. I'm a professional problem solver, and I believe we should cut the salaries of senators and congressmen 10 percent until they balance the budget. I call that conservative common sense. Herman Cain American Businessman More Herman Cain Quotes 0
County government can be simplified greatly by reorganizing and consolidating some of the offices, making others appointive, and reducing salaries in keeping with the salaries paid by private business for the performance of similar duties. Arthur Capper American Politician More Arthur Capper Quotes 0
I urge the enactment of a civil service law so explicit and so strong that no partisan official will dare evade it, basing all rewards, promotions and salaries solely on merit, on loyalty and industry in the public service. Arthur Capper American Politician More Arthur Capper Quotes 0
The demographic weight of countries such as China and India exercise a massive pressure on our wages and salaries. They have accomplished massive technological advances and the revolution in information technology has reduced the costs of transport. Laurent Fabius French Statesman More Laurent Fabius Quotes 0
Today the salaries of stars are astronomical in comparison with the 20's, but the high cost of today's living and taxes takes a huge bite out of these salaries. Pola Negri Polish Actress More Pola Negri Quotes 0
Money won't buy happiness, but it will pay the salaries of a large research staff to study the problem. Bill Vaughan American Journalist More Bill Vaughan Quotes 0
Compared to today's salaries, our cut was minuscule but it was very good for the time. Robert Vaughn American Actor More Robert Vaughn Quotes 0
On the little money I had collected I lived in Berlin very cheaply, ate very cheaply. And already in 1920 I saved the first salaries I received to go to Munich. Josef Albers German Artist More Josef Albers Quotes 0
A salute from this corner to President Bush for saying he was willing to investigate raising or eliminating the cap on salaries subject to the Social Security tax. Nick Clooney American Politician More Nick Clooney Quotes 0
I think we spend too much on K-12 education a.k.a. teachers' salaries. It's the only industry where you never see any productivity increases. Peter Brimelow British Journalist More Peter Brimelow Quotes 0
There's no particular relationship between spending and educational results. Most education spending is actually on salaries, and that's allocated according to political muscle. Peter Brimelow British Journalist More Peter Brimelow Quotes 0
If we're going to spend more money, it should go to the soldiers, Marines, and airmen to increase their salaries. David Hunt English Politician More David Hunt Quotes 0
I have fought to protect those benefits that ensure better salaries for teachers across the Nation such as grants to pay off student loans and funding for Teach for America. Still, we must all do more to show our continued appreciation for our Nation's leading role models. Solomon Ortiz American Politician More Solomon Ortiz Quotes 0
We asked the workers to give up 25 percent of their salaries. Imagine! We asked the industrialists to freeze all costs, no matter what the inflation is. Shimon Peres Israeli Statesman More Shimon Peres Quotes 0
Last year, I was proud to be an original co-sponsor of legislation that would increase federal judges' salaries by more than 40 percent. It also built in a cost of living adjustment, so the Judicial Branch would not be dependent on the Legislative Branch for increases each year. Debbie Wasserman Schultz American Politician More Debbie Wasserman Schultz Quotes 0
Professional baseball is on the wane. Salaries must come down or the interest of the public must be increased in some way. Al Spalding More Al Spalding Quotes 0
The way Greenville is beating our pants off is not with their 2 and 3 percent higher salaries. They are offering new teachers a brand new classroom, while we are offering that new teacher a broken-down portable. Now where would you choose to teach? Alex Saitta More Alex Saitta Quotes 0
Salaries used to be a fairly secretive issue between the employer and the employee, but now there is far more information available and it is easier to find out what people are paid. But the way people are paid has become far more complicated as it is not just a direct relation to the money they take home. Andrew Walker More Andrew Walker Quotes 0
Money won't buy happiness, but it will pay the salaries of a large research staff to study the problem. Bill Vaughn American More Bill Vaughn Quotes 0
Throughout Florida, house prices are up dramatically. The question is: Are ours up higher compared to salaries?, ... I suspect they might be because we are a low-salary county. Bill Kelly More Bill Kelly Quotes 0
Salaries for nursing faculty are particularly low when compared to those earned by nurses in hospitals. Chris Fowler More Chris Fowler Quotes 0
There's no question that low salaries are affecting us. We manage to get some good people despite the salary levels because of our location, but that's not always the case. Chris Hunter More Chris Hunter Quotes 0
We're losing staff like crazy. Vacancies have gone up by 70 percent because salaries fall further and further behind. Dora Schriro More Dora Schriro Quotes 0