You know, if youโre caught with an ounce of cocaine, the chances are good youโre going to go to jail. If it happens repeatedly, you may go to jail for the rest of your life. But evidently, if you launder nearly a billion dollars for drug cartels and violate our international sanctions, your company pays a fine and you go home and sleep in your own bed at night, every single individual associated with this. I think thatโs fundamentally wrong.
Elizabeth WarrenMy advice is to treat [credit cards] like what they are: little plastic grenades that must be handled very carefully.
Elizabeth WarrenWhen conservatives talk about opportunity, they mean opportunities for the rich to get richer, for the powerful to get more powerful.
Elizabeth WarrenGet out of debt. In a world of stagnant incomes and rising core expenses like mortgage and health care costs, that's a lot easier said than done. The middle class is under enormous pressure. But families can stop the bleeding by reducing their reliance on debt wherever they can. They can also start fighting back by taking a hard look at whom they do business with and rethinking whether they want tricks-and-traps banks to hold their money. They can also demand that public officials take the side of families over the side of banks.
Elizabeth Warren