In the 1960s, a minimum wage job would keep a family of three afloat. — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
There are very few people at the decision-making table to argue for minimum-wage workers. Very few people. — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
“The Republicans were locked in: they would block any efforts to increase the minimum wage by even a few nickels. The” — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
Raising the minimum wage means we have workers paying more in to support the Social Security system. — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
“Adjusted for inflation, the minimum wage today is lower than it was in 1965—about 24 percent lower. That job at Sears allowed… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
The total amount of money that Wall Street handed out in bonuses last year was double the total income of ALL full-time… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
“It matters whether the government blows tens of billions of dollars on tax loopholes for billionaires or whether that same money is… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
My mother saved our home with a minimum wage job. But in the 1960s, a minimum wage job would support a family… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
Right now, with millions of Americans still out of work, and struggling to recover from the worst economic downturn since the great… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
“My mother wasn’t much into politics, but I’m sure she would have assumed that fifty years later, the minimum wage would be… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
“More than 70 percent of the American people believe that students should have a chance at a debt-free education. • Nearly three-quarters of… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
“Lamar Alexander, the senator from Tennessee and the most senior Republican on the committee, was asking his last questions when a witness… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
“The next time you drive into a Walmart parking lot, pause for a second to note that this Walmart—like the more than… — 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
