jasonnfree
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"As a child in small-town Oklahoma, Elizabeth Warren yearned to go to college and then become an elementary school teacher—an ambitious goal, given her family’s modest means. Early marriage and motherhood seemed to put even that dream out of reach, but fifteen years later she was a distinguished law professor with a deep understanding of why people go bankrupt. Then came the phone call that changed her life: could she come to Washington DC to help advise Congress on rewriting the bankruptcy laws?
Thus began an impolite education into the bare-knuckled, often dysfunctional ways of Washington. She fought for better bankruptcy laws for ten years and lost. She tried to hold the federal government accountable during the financial crisis but became a target of the big banks. She came up with the idea for a new agency designed to protect consumers from predatory bankers and was denied the opportunity to run it. Finally, at age 62, she decided to run for elective office and won the most competitive—and watched—Senate race in the country.
In this passionate, funny, rabble-rousing book, Warren shows why she has chosen to fight tooth and nail for the middle class—and why she has become a hero to all those who believe that America’s government can and must do better for working families."
A Fighting Chance: Elizabeth Warren: 9781627790529: Amazon.com: Books
Interiew on PBS: Sen. Warren on ?A Fighting Chance? for every American
And now the stupidest among us can replay Native American jokes since they have no ability to counter Sen. Warren's words.
Your opening post amounts to spam. A self-serving ad for her book!
You know, I firmly believe Wall Street is robbing everyone blind. I have no doubt of it. I can provide evidence of this for days. I therefore feel some resonance toward Warren's reform efforts.
But...and it is a very strong but...Warren is a classic wealth redistribution socialist in the same vein as Barack Obama.
I believe in creating a level playing field. Warren believes in robbing from the rich, guilty and innocent alike, and giving to the poor, guilty and innocent alike.
That is the big difference between her and me, and is why I cannot stand her.
Obama a wealth distribution socialist? How so? Look at his appointments. Wall Streeters, anti labor ceo's. School privatizer arne duncan. His continuous putting social security on the chopping block to please republicans He seems pretty moderate democrat that leans to the right much too often unless I'm missing something there.
Hopefully maybe Warren would go after the guilty only?