It seems that the fiction writer has a revolting attachment to the poor, for even when he writes about the rich, he is more concerned with what they... →
Flannery O'Connor
The UK has a poor investment record. According to IMF data, we have come seventh out of the top seven industrialised countries since 1999.
Frances O'Grady
The gap between rich and poor under President Obama is getting bigger because fewer well-paying jobs are available. Corporations are being taxed to... →
Bill O'Reilly
Safety nets for the poor and disadvantaged are a must for any compassionate nation, but encouraging folks to go on the dole when not absolutely... →
Modern elites live in bubbles of liberal affluence like Ann Arbor, Brookline, the Upper West Side, Palo Alto, or Chevy Chase. These places used to... →
P. J. O'Rourke
To blame the existence of al Qaeda on poverty like Egypt's is a slur on the poor.
The poor are an especially important resource for innovation when they have the bravery and pluck to get out of the poor places in which they're... →
Why do elites hate the poor? It's xenophobia. They don't know any poor people - except their off-the-books Brazilian nanny and illegal... →
The real purpose of welfare is to get rid of poor people entirely. Everybody knows welfare has bad effects; that's the point.
'The Accursed' is very much a novel about social injustice as the consequence of the terrible, tragic division of classes - the exploitation... →
Joyce Carol Oates