My parents and I were all afraid of being poor – really poor.
ELIZABETH WARRENWe need to remind politicians they don’t work for the big banks – they work for us.
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Pundits talk about ‘populist rage’ as a way to trivialize the anger and fear coursing through the middle class.
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Our veterans deserve the very best, and that means ensuring that America’s veterans receive high-quality services and cares when they come back home.
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Donald Trump doesn’t care who gets hurt, as long as he makes a profit off it.
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Our number one responsibility is to protect Americans from terrorism, that’s our job, so being tough on terrorism is enormously important.
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My response [to fear of being poor]was to study contracts, finance, economics, to plan, to have a goal, to work on that goal. To learn everything I could. I always poked at the things that scared me most.
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The credit card companies have put the loan sharks out of business.
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Accountability for the largest financial institutions on Wall Street is the bedrock for a strong economy. Hard-working families and honest businesses cannot survive in a world where the rules don’t keep the marketplace honest.
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The people who are filing for bankruptcy in increasing numbers every year, it’s not the poorest. It’s not the people at the economic fringes. It’s people who worked hard and played by the rules.
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When conservatives talk about opportunity, they mean opportunities for the rich to get richer, for the powerful to get more powerful.
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My mother said, if you don’t have the cash, don’t buy it. And on that, my mother was right.
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It’s better to fight because if you don’t fight, you can’t win. Besides, even when you don’t win, you can change the game.
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Keep a little space in your heart for the improbable. You won’t regret it.
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I’m really concerned that ‘too big to fail’ has become ‘too big for trial’.
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This country isn’t working for working people. It’s working only for people at the top. That’s not the American dream. That’s the American nightmare.
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Nobody’s safe. Health insurance? That didn’t protect 1 million Americans who were financially ruined by illness or medical bills last year.
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