We’re Americans. We celebrate success. We just don’t want the game to be rigged.
ELIZABETH WARRENIf there’s any lesson I’ve learned in the last five years, it’s don’t be so sure about what lies ahead. There are amazing doors that could open.
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It’s so easy to focus on what could go wrong, on what else you could do before you try the thing you really want to do. No. Just get out there and try.
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Middle class America is acutely aware of how bad this economy is, and it is going to demand changes. I don’t think politicians can afford to be complacent.
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Part of my job is to make sense of all that I hear, and to retell it in a forceful way so that the decision-makers at Treasury can hear it. At least that’s how I see it.
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I think having a fighter in the lead, a female fighter in the lead, is exactly what America needs.
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I talk to nurses and programmers, salespeople and firefighters – people who bust their tails every day. Not one of them – not one – stashes their money in the Cayman Islands to avoid paying their fair share of taxes.
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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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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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Once you’ve gotten your money in balance, you know how much you have to spend on things that are just fun.
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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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The game is rigged to work for those who already have money and power.
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It is not the job of the Department of Education to maximize profits for the government at the cost of squeezing students who are struggling to get an education.
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I want to be blunt: We should not be fighting about equal pay for equal work, and access to birth control, in 2012. These issues were resolved years ago – until the Republicans brought them back.
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That’s how we build the economy of the future. An economy with more jobs and less debt, we root it in fairness. We grow it with opportunity. And we build it together.
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I’m willing to throw my body in front of the bus to stop bad ideas.
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I’m really concerned that ‘too big to fail’ has become ‘too big for trial’.
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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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Goals work. Pick one debt, and then put every dime into paying down that one debt. Once that debt is paid off, start paying down the next debt. Pretty soon it’s time to move from paying debt to building savings.
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Money is bounded; we only have so much of it. Love goes on forever.
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I get the reason that you should be willing to negotiate sometimes. But you also ought to be willing to throw a punch.
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The credit card companies have put the loan sharks out of business.
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Keep a little space in your heart for the improbable. You won’t regret it.
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We should be talking about expanding Social Security benefits – not cutting them.
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There are a lot of things that people say about Hillary Clinton. But nobody says that she doesn’t know how to throw a punch.
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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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I’m proud of my Native American heritage.
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I don’t like credit cards. They make overspending very easy. They can make life a lot more complex and stressful.
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