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Decreasing Quotes

What shrinks, and who decides.

Decreasing quotes here are almost entirely policy-minded — one names Japan's decreasing, aging population as a serious problem, another criticizes cutting health funding to pay for tax cuts, a third refuses to decrease the minimum wage.

The aging and decreasing population is a serious problem in many developed countries today. In Japan's case, these demographic changes are taking place at a more rapid pace than any other country has ever experienced.

Quotes by Toshihiko Fukui

To do what we are doing in this budget to our children, cutting their health care funds, decreasing opportunity, simply so we can pay for tax cuts and a war in Iraq is beyond belief, and we need to reverse...

Quotes by Tom Allen

We must have a relentless commitment to producing a meaningful, comprehensive energy package aimed at conservation, alleviating the burden of energy prices on consumers, decreasing our country's dependency on foreign oil, and increasing electricity grid reliability.

Quotes by Paul Gillmor

I thought I was answering a question that I had heard that was about increasing the minimum wage - would I consider that. So let me just go on record and say this: I am not for decreasing the minimum...

Quotes by Linda McMahon

Alleviating Quotes

Let me just go on record and say this: I am not for decreasing the minimum wage.

Quotes by Linda McMahon

When I was born, the world's population was 3.5 billion. There are now 6.8 billion people on the planet. By 2050, that's expected to rise to 9.4 billion. What's more, the Earth's resources aren't growing; they're decreasing - and rapidly.

Quotes by Lewis Gordon Pugh

We improved the environment in which our children live, learn and play by decreasing crime and clamping down on abuse and violence in the home and on the streets.

Quotes by Jane D. Hull

Moments of crisis, like the shooting in Newtown, tend to produce brief spikes of popular interest in gun control. My research on media attention suggests these spikes are extremely short-lived, and that they may be decreasing in intensity.

Quotes by Ethan Zuckerman

Medicine has changed greatly in the last decades. Widespread vaccinations have practically eradicated many illnesses, at least in western Europe and the United States. The use of chemotherapy, especially the antibiotics, has contributed to an ever decreasing number of fatalities...

Quotes by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

America Quotes

For most teenage runners, the right foods means a varied diet, decreasing the amount of fat found in the typical American diet and replacing those calories with carbohydrates. Avoid saturated fats, such as those found in fried foods, and eat...

Quotes by Don Kardong

We often think about happiness as trying to increase our joy, but it's also about decreasing our worry. So what you get for paying those high taxes is, if you're a parent thinking about putting your child through school, you...

Quotes by Dan Buettner

Supporting mental wellness is crucial to any goal of decreasing gun violence in America.

Quotes by Charles B. Rangel

If we stay focused on data and the real issues, we can tailor our inventions to enhance public health and safety while decreasing the likelihood of racial discrimination.

Quotes by Carl Hart

Everybody wants to help folks out. But we've got a system where you can stay on unemployment for an awfully long time. And I think we need to create a system of decreasing benefits over time to encourage you to...

Quotes by Blake Farenthold

Frequently Asked Questions

What policy areas do these decreasing quotes touch on?
Population decline in aging societies, cuts to health funding and opportunity, and repeated debate over decreasing the minimum wage.
What does the Japan quote say about decreasing population?
It calls Japan's aging, decreasing population a serious problem, noting the demographic shift is happening faster there than in most other developed countries.
What's the argument about budgets and children in one quote?
It criticizes cutting children's health care funds and decreasing opportunity just to cover tax cuts and military spending, calling the trade-off beyond belief.
Is there a quote specifically about the minimum wage?
Yes, one goes on record twice opposing any cut to the minimum wage, clarifying the position after being asked about raising it instead.
What other topics pair with decreasing quotes?
For related themes, see America Quotes or Born Quotes.

Related themes continue in America Quotes and Born Quotes.