Professor Elizabeth Warren speaks about the Consumer Financial Protection Agency

Professor Elizabeth Warren explains why America needs a Consumer Financial Protection Agency. July 16, 2009. Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

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[bryzicka]

Elizabeth Warren is an inspiration. If only there were more people like her in our government...

[DCAM0123]

Elizabeth Warren you are really intune with what is happening....I think you are a great person to direct the Consumer Financial Protection Agency !

[migraine516]

Maybe she'll run for president one day. I'd vote for her in a second.

[dmhtuber]

How safe are we if the backers of the FDIC are already broke......LOL

[dmhtuber]

Here we are neck deep in debt and this crazy lady is talking about spending more. If you let the markets do what they do naturally, in time the culprits will be weeded out. The best thing Elizabeth and the government can do is remove their noses from the business of free enterprise. Someone needs to remind her that we are already fricking broke.

[DEEREMEYER1]

And she's certainly not passionate about justice to see that it's done where it applies to her and her lies about her ancestry. Justice means the truth is told. And why would she lie about that after being "recruited away" by Harvard??? Oh yes, she put down Native American because she wanted to meet other people like her, i.e. Native American. GREAT place to look for Indians - Harvard University... Or maybe she wanted a date with Ward Churchill.

[DEEREMEYER1]

Free SPEECH and free thought. You are probably in favor of free SPEED...

[DEEREMEYER1]

A passion for justice huh? Gee, she's a lawyer. If she's interested in justice, she should practice law. Of course like the majority of legal professors, she's never actually practiced, has she? Sense of civic-mindedness. Has she ever lived in one place long enough to BECOME civically involved? I think not. You question my right to be dismissive of her achievements? You're not in favor of free speed and free thought? Of course not - you're a radical lib feminazi.

[DEEREMEYER1]

Clinical trials under carefully controlled conditions don't prove shit. People are not all lab rats - biologically identical. Hilarious to hear someone trying to explain away the fact that the FDA is directly responsible for the deaths of people due to their approval of deadly drugs. Typical lib - the only life that matters is their own...

[Seasass]

The work you do is certainly worthy of respect (this may surprise you, but I also work on a farm). I would not for a moment suggest that you are a lesser person than Prof. Warren. I just question your right to be dismissive of her achievements. She's had a stellar career in her chosen field, and, more remarkably, she chose to enter public service out of a sense of civic mindedness and a passion for justice.

[Seasass]

FDA permits drugs to be marketed once the phase 1, 2 and 3 clinical trials have demonstrated convincingly that they are safe and effective, and that the potential benefits outweigh the risks. No matter how many people are enrolled in the trials, however, there are some adverse effects that are evident only at the level of post-marketing surveillance, because of the number of cases necessary to detect a low-frequency side effect. I won't call you an idiot--"ignoramus" might be a better term.