The women who file for bankruptcy played by all the rules, but they are still in economic freefall. — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
Bankruptcy is about financial death and financial rebirth. Bankruptcy is the great American story rewritten. We're a nation of debtors. — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
Bankruptcy exposes the economic vulnerability and insecurity of middle class women. — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
Most women file for bankruptcy in the aftermath of a serious medical problem, a job loss, or a family break up. It… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
The bankers might not have said it in so many words, but gradually their strategy emerged: Target families who were already in… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
Some economists estimate that for every family that goes bankrupt, there are about 15 more who are in the same amount of… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
In 1978, we adopted a new Bankruptcy Code in the United States, and a principal part of this was designed to adjust… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
“The bankruptcy wars changed me forever. Even before this grinding battle, I had begun to understand the terrible squeeze on the middle… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
The people who are filing for bankruptcy in increasing numbers every year, it's not the poorest. It's not the people at the… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
Other countries around the world make employees and retirees first in the priority. For example, in Mexico, the bankruptcy laws say if… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
“They barely have time to fend off calls from angry creditors, let alone write letters to Congress. And most are profoundly, desperately… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
Every time the U.S. government makes a low-cost loan to someone, it's investing in them. — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share
Once you've gotten your money in balance, you know how much you have to spend on things that are just fun. — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share
“The single best predictor that a family would go bankrupt was if they had a child.” — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share
I can remember riding in the car with [my daughter] Amelia, when she was very small, and we'd talk about money the same way… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share
That's how we build the economy of the future. An economy with more jobs and less debt, we root it in fairness. We grow… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share
Homeowners refinance their loans when interest rates go down. Businesses refinance their loans. — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share
There are a lot of things that people say about Hillary Clinton. But nobody says that she doesn't know how to throw a punch. — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share
I don't think anyone went the polls and said, 'I am casting my vote to make sure that Wall Street has better chances to… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share
With post offices and postal workers already on the ground, USPS could partner with banks to make a critical difference for millions of Americans… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share
We should stop having a conversation about cutting Social Security a little bit or a lot. — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share
'Middle class' used to be synonymous with secure, with steady, with boring, because middle-class people were people who were pretty much safe from the… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share
You can put handcuffs on people who push the envelope. When they break the law, they deserve to have handcuffs. — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share
The broken consumer credit market had to be repaired by making sure that consumers had the right information and could use it effectively. That… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share
“When you have no real power, go public—really public. The public is where the real power is. Those” — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share
