I don't like credit cards. They make overspending very easy. They can make life a lot more complex and stressful.

I'm still very connected to my family, to the world I grew up in. I understand what it means to be afraid that you can't pay a doctor's bill. Or to have to make the choice between buying a band uniform for a seventh-grader and making the insurance payment on time. That will never leave me. It was how I lived until I was well into my adult years.

Nobody's safe. Health insurance? That didn't protect 1 million Americans who were financially ruined by illness or medical bills last year.

If Scott Walker sees 100,000 teachers & firefighters as his enemies, maybe it's time we take a closer look at his friends.

Being Native American has been part of my story I guess since the day I was born.

My parents and I were all afraid of being poor - really poor.

There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own.