"Even with the immense growth of governmental levels in recent decades, the fact remains that five out of every six jobs in this country are still in the private sector. Simple arithmetic tells us this is the place to look for new jobs and for better jobs. This is where the people have been laid off and where they must first go back on the payroll. I don't need to say that twice here in Michigan, where automobile workers and all the other jobs that depend upon them have been especially hard hit. The good news, however, is that the United States automobile industry is turning around. And in the first 20 days of 1976, new car sales were up 37.2 percent over 1975. But even the most sincere proponents of Federal public works and public service job programs don't contend that the cure for unemployment in the American automobile industry is to build Federal factories to make Federal cars. I doubt that the United States Government could make a Model T for less than $50,000."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Gerald Ford, Remarks at the Midwest Republican Conference in Dearborn, Michigan., 31 January 1976
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Social_programs_in_the_United_States
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Social programs in the United States
12 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Social programs in the United States →
Related Quotes
"With its broad sweep, the COVID-19 pandemic has forced us into an unprecedented national emergency. This emergency, h…"
"Before COVID-19, nearly 700 people died everyday because of poverty and inequality in this country. The frontlines of…"
"If the traditional was clearly in the ranks of a liberal-progressive orientation, calling for more effective national…"
"The plight of impoverished children anywhere should evoke sympathy, exemplifying as it does the suffering of the inno…"
"Americans raised in poor families do markedly less well compared to those from middle class or affluent homes—and it …"
"Our own history and that of other wealthy countries show that child poverty is anything but an unalterable reality. T…"
"Programs that reduce child poverty help even in years when poor or near-poor parents gain and, of course, are critica…"
"The Trump administration has, for good measure, rewritten the eligibility rules for such programs in order to lower t…"
"Even before Donald Trump’s election, only one-sixth of eligible families with kids received assistance for childcare …"
"Worse, Donald, who understands nothing about history, constitutional principles, diplomacy (or anything else, really)…"