People don’t trust private health insurance companies for all the right reasons.
Two-thirds of the directors at the New York Fed are hand-picked by the same bankers that the Fed is in charge of regulating.
Families are struggling to put bread on the table, send their kids to college and take care of their basic needs. America needs a political revolution.
When I was a young boy, I can remember in the community that I grew up in, seeing people in the community who had numbers that were on their arms.
I am proud of the campaign that we ran. Obviously, I wish we could have done a little bit better.
Social Security is a promise that we cannot and must not break.
Ben Carson and I don’t have much in common politically. But the fact is when you have kids getting involved in the political process, doing their best to elect the candidates of their choice, that’s what the American democracy is about.
Every three weeks before an election the TV ads expressing great concern about our trade policy and the loss of jobs to China and other low-wage countries. And then it’s forgotten about the day after the election.
I thought the Bush economic policy was a disaster. We lost 500,000 private sector jobs during his tenure.
We are rapidly moving toward a nation of the super-rich, by the super-rich and for the super-rich.
When we talk about power, we talk about Wall Street.
When a mother has a baby, she should stay home with that baby.
Together we have sent a message that will echo from Wall Street to Washington, from Maine to California.
The Federal Reserve has a responsibility to ensure the safety and soundness of financial institutions and to contain systemic risks in financial markets.
I fully, fully concede that Secretary Hillary Clinton, who was secretary of State for four years, has more experience – hat is not arguable – in foreign affairs.
I’m not a Democrat, I’m an Independent, but I caucus with the Democrats.
I happen to believe that certain types of assault weapons, which are manufactured and designed for military purposes to kill people very quickly should not be used in civilian society.
At the current $5.15 an hour, the federal minimum wage has become a poverty wage. A full-time worker with one child lives below the official poverty line.
There is nobody that I know who believes that Bank of America is a human being who should be entitled for the same constitutional rights that the people of our country are.
At a time of massive inequality, I think we can raise substantial sums of revenue to address the needs of working families, the elderly, and the children, by asking those people who are doing phenomenally well to start paying their fair share.