If you have a choice between buying something and paying down your credit card, pay down your credit card.

Сount dollars, not pennies. Look at the big-ticket items, in your budget.

It is not the job of the Department of Education to maximize profits for the government at the cost of squeezing students who are struggling to get an education.

It's a simple idea: We all do better when we work together and invest in our future.

If you have a choice between buying something and paying down your credit card, pay down your credit card.

Why is the Keystone Pipeline the very first, #1 item on the Republicans' agenda? We know that this pipeline runs terrible environmental risks and it just won't do much for the American people. So why is this bill so urgent? Money and power.

You know, the old version was about balancing a checkbook. The new version is about the risks of debt, which is so much more widely available. So I think it's important that we design relevant financial literacy courses, and teach them starting early in grade school.