It is critical that the American people, and not just their financial institutions, be represented at the negotiating table.

Good for Warren Buffett that he can afford to do that! Some people, sometimes, need to finance a purchase or rent a car, and a credit card becomes a necessity.

Donald Trump is a threat to who we are as a people.

My daddy's response [to fear of being poor] was to never talk about money or what might happen if it ran out.

I'm going to do everything I can to help Hillary Clinton get elected and I'm going to do everything I can to make sure that Donald Trump never comes within shouting distance of the White House.

The financial services industry has seemed to treat the crisis like a little rainfall - inconvenient, but no significant changes needed. The real question moving forward is how the industry will respond to Wall Street reform and growing public anger.

We need to remind politicians they don't work for the big banks - they work for us.