The crash of 2008 was driven in no small part by unfair practices in the mortgage industry which led to many consumers being trapped in loans they didn’t understand and couldn’t afford.
AL FRANKENAnd if those two other doctors get paid by Big Snack Food, like certain climate deniers get paid by Big Coal, I shouldn’t take their advice.
More Al Franken Quotes
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As a source of innovation, an engine of our economy, and a forum for our political discourse.
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You can’t change your fingerprints. You have only ten of them. And you leave them on everything you touch; they are definitely not a secret.
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I’m the New York Jew who actually grew up in Minnesota.
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I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and dog-gone it, people like me.
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There is a subset of Democrats who tend to mis-fill out ballots. The way you mark the ballot is like an S.A.T. – you fill in the circle. And the subset of people who tend to, like, put a check there instead, or an X, or fill it out wrong.
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I think there are all kinds of different hells. It’s not a place you go to after you die.
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My parents didn’t make a lot of money. My dad was not a high school graduate.
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Our laws need to reflect the evolution of technology and the changing expectations of American society. This is why the Constitution is often called a “living” document.
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Part of the middle class promise is that, after a lifetime of hard work, you’ll be able to retire and enjoy the fruits of that labor.
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I want a president who can handle a cream soda.
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When you live in New York, one of two things happen – you either become a New Yorker, or you feel more like the place you came from.
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Well, I think that there’s a value to comedy in and of itself.
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To ask whether the mainstream media has a conservative or liberal bias is like asking whether al-Qaida uses too much oil in their hummus. It’s – I think they might use too much oil in their hummus – but it’s the wrong question.
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My parents were really political. The news was very important in our home.
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I think the government has a role in protecting the fundamental rights of its citizens.
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