Now look, you built a factory and it turned into something terrific or a great idea, God Bless, keep a big hunk of it. But part of the underlying social contract is you take a hunk of that and paid forward for the next kid who comes along.
ELIZABETH WARRENGetting 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.
More Elizabeth Warren Quotes
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Donald Trump is a threat to who we are as a 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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I hear all this, you know, ‘Well, this is class warfare, this is whatever.’ No. There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own – nobody.
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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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We don’t win what we don’t fight for.
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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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The need for comprehensive reform must not blind us to the urgency of addressing the massive debt that’s already crushing our young people.
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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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I love the work I do.
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There are those who believe justice and dignity are reserved only for some people. Young men have died in police custody, and the growing heel of poverty has worn down harder on children of color…We must fight back.
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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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Some of the largest financial institutions can build a profit model on tricking people.
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Balancing your money is the key to having enough.
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Keep a little space in your heart for the improbable. You won’t regret it.
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Hillary Clinton is a fighter, she’s out there, she’s tough.
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People feel like the system is rigged against them, and here is the painful part, they’re right. The system is rigged.
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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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I’m really concerned that ‘too big to fail’ has become ‘too big for trial’.
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It’s a simple idea: We all do better when we work together and invest in our future.
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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 credit card companies have put the loan sharks out of business.
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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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I don’t want to overstate the gender difference. But women are more sensitized to the way that larger issues affect their pocketbooks, like pay equality or cost of living changes.
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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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The game is rigged to work for those who already have money and power.
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