Labor quote for the week Congressman Barney Frank responding to Reagan Administration

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Labor quote for the week of July 12, 2010
"If you don't own a boat and you are standing on tip toes in the water, a rising tide is not a cause for celebration."

--Congressman Barney Frank, responding to a 1985 Reagan Administration contention that the country could count on a rising tide to lift all boats.

Quote sources include:
Great Labor Quotations: Sourcebook and Reader, by Peter Bollen
The Great Quotations, by George Seldes
Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations