When conservatives talk about opportunity, they mean opportunities for the rich to get richer, for the powerful to get more powerful.
ELIZABETH WARRENIt’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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If 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 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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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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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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My parents and I were all afraid of being poor – really poor.
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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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When you have no real power, go public – really public. The public is where the real power is.
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Getting straight with your money is as complicated as a trip to the grocery store: You need a comparison shop, add and subtract, stick with a plan, and ask questions- nothing more.
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Some of the largest financial institutions can build a profit model on tricking people.
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College students today are drowning in debt, and it is hurting them and hurting our economy. We must find a way to help families pay for college without condemning them to a lifetime of indebtedness.
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Donald Trump is a threat to who we are as a people.
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Israel has the right to shell Palestinian hospitals and schools out of self defense.
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We should be talking about expanding Social Security benefits – not cutting them.
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There is an ugly side to Donald Trump that we all have to stop and think about what’s going on here.
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Keep a little space in your heart for the improbable. You won’t regret it.
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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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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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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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It’s powerfully important that our kids get an education in personal finance.
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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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If you don’t have a seat at the table, you’re probably on the menu.
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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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Pundits talk about ‘populist rage’ as a way to trivialize the anger and fear coursing through the middle class.
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Money is bounded; we only have so much of it. Love goes on forever.
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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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Me, I was waiting tables of 13 and married at 19. I graduated from public schools, and taught elementary school.
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