The forces in a capitalist society if left unchecked tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer.

The fellow that has no money is poor. The fellow that has nothing but money is poorer still.

My generation will actually be the first generation that is tamer than the one that came before it and it will probably be poorer less fun and less money.

The man who has no money is poor but one who has nothing but money is poorer. He only is rich who can enjoy without owning he is poor who though he has millions is covetous.

Smoking is the now the principal avoidable cause of premature death in Britain. It hits the worst off people hardest of all. Smoking is one of the principal causes of the health gap which leads to poorer people being ill more often and dying sooner.

One of the jewels in the crown of Labour's time in office was the rescue of the National Health Service. As the Commonwealth Fund the London School of Economics and the Nuffield Foundation have all shown health reforms as well as additional investment were essential to improved outcomes especially for poorer patients.

Children born to teens have less supportive and stimulating environments poorer health lower cognitive development and worse educational outcomes. Children of teen mothers are at increased risk of being in foster care and becoming teen parents themselves thereby repeating the cycle.

Any health care funding plan that is just equitable civilized and humane must - must - redistribute wealth from the richer among us to the poorer and the less fortunate. Excellent healthcare is by definition re-distributional.

All the measures of the Government are directed to the purpose of making the rich richer and the poor poorer.

It's funny I actually made poorer decisions when I sobered up then when I was screwed up.