I wanted to see Democrats out there talking about our core set of issues. And let people around this country vote, let - people have caucuses, let them do it however they're going to do it. Elizabeth Warren More Quotes by Elizabeth Warren More Quotes From Elizabeth Warren The President's policy proposal, known as 'chained CPI,' would re-calculate the cost of living for Social Security beneficiaries. That new number won't keep up with inflation on things like food and health care -- the basics that we need to live. In short, 'chained CPI' is just a fancy way to say 'cut benefits for seniors, the permanently disabled, and orphans.' Elizabeth Warren senior cutting numbers The total amount of money that Wall Street handed out in bonuses last year was double the total income of ALL full-time minimum wage workers. That's obscene. Elizabeth Warren income wall years Donald Trump is a person who is an insecure money-grubber who cares about nothing but himself. Elizabeth Warren who-cares insecure trump I don't like credit cards. Let me triple underline that. Elizabeth Warren credit-card credit cards The Republicans had a real advantage over the Democrats for a long time. And the principal advantage they have had is they have concentrated money and concentrated power. And, boy, when it's all concentrated, man, you can organize it, you can use it, you can get out there, you can run those negative ads, you can be effective, you can put money into campaigns. Elizabeth Warren real running boys We need to remind politicians they don't work for the big banks - they work for us. Elizabeth Warren bigs politician needs The choice before us is simple. Will we continue to subsidize the dirty fossil fuels of the past, or will we transition to 21st century clean, renewable energy? Elizabeth Warren simple past dirty Get out of debt. In a world of stagnant incomes and rising core expenses like mortgage and health care costs, that's a lot easier said than done. The middle class is under enormous pressure. But families can stop the bleeding by reducing their reliance on debt wherever they can. They can also start fighting back by taking a hard look at whom they do business with and rethinking whether they want tricks-and-traps banks to hold their money. They can also demand that public officials take the side of families over the side of banks. Elizabeth Warren care fighting class Money is bounded; we only have so much of it. Love goes on forever. Elizabeth Warren goes-on forever Donald Trump is a threat to who we are as a people. Elizabeth Warren trump who-we-are people 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. Elizabeth Warren class america thinking The financial collapse of 2008 got its start with predatory mortgages, that weren’t sold by community banks and credit unions, they were sold by fly by night mortgage brokers who had almost zero federal oversight and then the big banks looked over, saw the profit potential and they wanted it bad. So they jumped in and sold millions of these terrible mortgages while the bank regulators just looked the other way. Elizabeth Warren zero community night What do the Republicans say? Donald Trump? They say they're just going to roll back the Dodd-Frank regulations. They want to undermine the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Elizabeth Warren dodd-frank regulation want We just can't let Donald Trump be the leader of this country. We can line up. We can be part of Hillary Clinton's effort to be the president of the United States and to help do the things we care about in this country - to really help build a future. Elizabeth Warren effort leader country I love the work I do. Elizabeth Warren Barack Obama heard the American people. Elizabeth Warren barack heard people 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. Elizabeth Warren scared study goal I think the best way it happens is if parents say, this is important for educating my child. Elizabeth Warren parent children thinking We need to align the incentives so that colleges have an incentive to keep down their costs... to graduate students on time with degrees in areas where they're going to be able to get jobs and going to be able to pay back those loans. Elizabeth Warren college jobs needs It takes money to run political campaigns. This is a cancer growing on the soul of our democracy. Elizabeth Warren cancer political running
