I once had half a cup [of coffee], twenty years ago, and I'm still working it off.

There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own.

Cars, toys, aspirin, meat, toasters, water - nearly every product sold has passed basic safety regulations well in advance of being marketed and sold. But consumer credit is a kind of buyer-beware, wild west. That is partly the result of history.

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 pretty much how we get anything added to the curriculum. When parents said children needed to be computer literate, the schools started responding. The same thing is true of basic financial literacy.

We're Americans. We celebrate success. We just don't want the game to be rigged.

Middle class America is acutely aware of how bad this economy is, and it is going to demand changes. I don't think politicians can afford to be complacent.