Me, I was waiting tables of 13 and married at 19. I graduated from public schools, and taught elementary school.

We lose eight children and teenagers to gun violence every day. If a mysterious virus suddenly started killing eight of our children every day, America would mobilize teams of doctors and public health officials. We would move heaven and earth until we found a way to protect our children. But not with gun violence.

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.

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.

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.

If you want to find out how strong a company's ethics are, don't listen to what its people say, watch what they do.

The need for comprehensive reform must not blind us to the urgency of addressing the massive debt that's already crushing our young people.