"Trillions of dollars that could have been spent on innovation and job creation in the U.S. economy over the past three decades have instead been used to buy back shares for what is effectively stock-price manipulation."

~ William Lazonick, 2014 Harvard Business Review-McKinsey award winner 

"My bills are getting higher and my paychecks getting lighter, but I'll take it...one day at a time."

~Dale Watson, 2015 country album Call Me Insane