Quote

As a country, Americans have to find a way to keep our cities solvent. If large numbers of cities no longer have the necessary tax base, we have to find federal methods to intervene. If we don't, there's a risk of dozens of cities simply being left to their bankrupt fates - and I can't see how that serves anybody's interests in the long run.

Sasha Abramsky

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Sasha Abramsky
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: January 1
Author
Journalist
Non-Fiction Writer
Country
Cities
Large
Intervene
Long
Numbers
Fate
Dozens
Simply
Taxes
Bankrupt
Interest
Americans
Serves
Running
Necessary
Methods
Left
Anybody
Base
Keep
Longer
Federal
Solvent
Find
Risk
Interests
Fates

More quotes by Sasha Abramsky

Image
When I talk about an empathy bank, I don't mean literally opening up a bank and putting in deposits. What I mean is that the more we can, as individuals and as members of a community, empathize with, understand the pain and uncertainty economic crisis causes other people, the more we lay the groundwork for political change.
Sasha Abramsky
Image
I do think there are ways to increase wages significantly, even in a global era. But you have to take voters and consumers with you on this journey - and that involves a tremendous, and long-term, public education campaign.
Sasha Abramsky
Image
You can't lift people out of poverty simply by tweaking the tax system, or by raising the minimum wage by a few cents, or by reducing student debt slightly. These might be necessary components of a larger anti-poverty program, but you have to accept they are pieces of a much larger puzzle.
Sasha Abramsky