Elizabeth Warren: Fixing the Banks, Lifting the Middle Class

[dalecampbl7]

this person needs to be placed into the Senate, NOW.

[dalecampbl7]

i just want to do to bankers what the french did to their last king and queen...i'm sorry, i'm just so ANGRY and FURIOUS at what these institutions did and they get away with it, scotch free.

[petelovesrat]

love elisabeth. such a way cool person

[ladytube64]

Elizabeth is such a refreshing voice in our government and makes a lot of sense....we need her in the senate....

[Muwt]

Common sense stuff from an expert that would sort a lot of economic problems for 99% of Americans.

She needs bodyguards.

[vernedwards]

She is an attractive person, and I like her, but I can see why many people do not. Listen to her. She starts out talking about wanting to be a schoolteacher and about being a "mommy" and potty training. I do not find that encouraging. This is not a person who wants to do any listening. She is a pontificator. She wants to teach us and take care of us. None of the people who declared bankruptcy were at fault for overspending, too much debt, and foolish choices. I don't feel comfortable with her.

[samten10a]

The people are at fault that this has happened. They bought into deregulating the banks and S&L in the 1970.

It would be simple to fix if the people of United States of America, the citizens of United States of America wanted to fix the problem. Just write your congress person of both houses. Ask them how to recall them if they don’t fix the problem and how to word the petition for the recall.

[s9z9s]

@samten10a

It had nothing to do with deregulating the banks. The crash was caused by government intervention in the housing market. Why do you think banks were giving out these subprime loans?

[ChicagoHumanities]

Hi all, a reminder to keep the comments civil. "The test of a first rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function." F. Scott Fitzgerald, "The Crack-Up", Esquire Magazine (February 1936).

[MOXWELLDIAMOND]

Elizabeth Warren!!!!!

[Seasass]

@Joe2000King The inflation-adjusted GDP was rising. For a good graph, try googling "US GDP, Inflation Adjusted Chart". Her point that productivity and profits were increasing while real income was stagnating or even declining is entirely valid. By the way, "elimentary" should be spelled "elementary" (but you're smart, so I'm sure that was just a typo ...).

[sligowoman]

please run for President 

[petersonny]

in opposition to Elizabeth Warren:  your modern GOP

[Toltecnology]

She should be President:)

[FerFer1958]

this woman wants to protect Democrat and Republican people at the same time. 99% of Americans should be pushing the Government for this woman to be in charge of their protection. Whoever fights her nomination is getting paid by some corporation (why isn't that person in jail?). Isn't that obvious? The longer it takes the more obvious is that the Government is corrupt all the way to their foundation.

[sharonafox1]

@FerFer1958 Of course the banks don't want her to have any power not when they've basically been running a ponzi scheme 100 times bigger than Bernie Madoff's for the last 30 years ago. The SEC knew about Madoff 10 years before he was caught so they let him run his racket until their own racket bled the American consumer dry then they pulled the plug on Madoff so Madoff would be the personal target of the public's anger. If you throw the public one face they can throw darts at it calms them down.

[songdino]

Why does the new GOP majority so hate this amazing woman's no-nonsense message about our banks? Why do they want to reverse Wall Street Reorm altogether?

[s9z9s]

@songdino

Becasue it was regulations and government intervention that caused the financial crisis in the first place.

[discussdebate]

I'm so ashamed and disillusioned by the powers that direct as well as represent humanity that my very core aches beyond the ability to feel; summoning the anxiety to experience the bewilderment seems next to impossible.* Maybe they'll listen to Elizabeth Warren and for added stability bring Brooksley Born back into the mix. - "Sociological Failure" doesn't have to be lethal yet idleness to renovate modern norms …just may be. [Watch - Frontline: The Warning] - - (7 parts)