tammy benner

“Between 2003 and 2012, S&P 500 companies spent 91 percent of their earnings on buybacks and dividends for shareholders. That leaves 9 percent to invest across the entire company, in everything from research and development to worker wages.”
― Kamala Harris, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey

“freedom is in danger of degenerating into mere arbitrariness unless it is lived in terms of responsibleness.”
― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning

“Sunday night host Steve Hilton said, on March 22, “You know that famous phrase, ‘the cure is worse than the disease’? That is exactly the territory we’re hurtling towards.” Trump watched Hilton on his Genie DVR a couple hours later, then tweeted in all caps, “WE CANNOT LET THE CURE BE WORSE THAN THE PROBLEM ITSELF.” This was the Trump-Fox feedback loop at its loopiest.”
― Brian Stelter, Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News, and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth

“If you’re a thief, accuse your enemies of thievery. If corrupt, accuse your rivals of corruption. If a coward, accuse others of cowardice. Evidence is irrelevant; the goal is to dilute the truth and the case against you with ‘everyone does it.’ ”
― Brian Stelter, Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News, and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth