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.

Get your money in balance. One rule of thumb is 50/30/20. Spend about 50% of your money on must-haves - things like rent, car payments - and about 30% on wants, while 20% should go toward savings and paying down debt.

Part of my job is to make sense of all that I hear, and to retell it in a forceful way so that the decision-makers at Treasury can hear it. At least that's how I see it.

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.

Credit cards are like snakes: Handle 'em long enough, and one will bite you.

Israel has the right to shell Palestinian hospitals and schools out of self defense.

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