Barbara Ehrenreich : (4) " I’m interested in what bonds people together. You know, what brings us together in good ways? And there’s not a lot known about that. " - Barbara Ehrenreich " It was a very big principle in my upbringing that you should respect everybody’s work. The street sweeper. Everybody. You should never look down on anybody for their work. " - Barbara Ehrenreich " Yes. I think the anti-Wal-Mart is Costco, which pays much better and has much better health benefits and which is profitable and offers low prices. " - Barbara Ehrenreich " Both chronic, long-term poverty and downward mobility from the middle class are in the same category of things that America likes not to think about. " - Barbara Ehrenreich