Elizabeth Warren gets it right: WE SHOULD NOT BE FIGHTING EACH OTHER OVER THE CRUMBS!

Elizabeth Warren showed again yesterday how she has become our country’s leading fighter for the middle class and those in poverty. In a passionate speech about Social Security, she tore apart the phony argument that greedy seniors were taking money away from our kids, and she showed why we should be increasing Social Security benefits right now, not cutting them. Warren laid out the facts about a pension system in tatters, that those retiring have less savings and wealth in their homes, and how the necessities of life- food, groceries, energy costs, health care- are running higher than the general inflation number, not lower. She took on the chained CPI cut that the President has proposed directly and took it apart point by point.

http://crooksandliars.com/mike-lux/elizabeth-warren-nails-it-we-shouldn-t-be

Values not math! Why Sen Warren's Latest Speech Matters

This week, Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts gave an important speech on the floor of the United State Senate. Said Sen. Warren, "the conversation about retirement and Social Security benefits is not just a conversation about math. At its core, this is a conversation about our values." Sen. Warren knows her values.
She knows her math, too. As co-author of The Two-Income Trap: Why Middle-Class Mothers and Fathers Are Going Broke, Warren helped document a phenomenon which most Americans had observed but few had fully recognized: Typical two-earner middle-class families today can't maintain the standard of living which single-earner middle-class households enjoyed in the 1950s and 1960s.
Why? Because real wages have fallen, mortgages are more expensive, education costs have skyrocketed, and out-of-pocket health care costs have risen dramatically for families with employer-based insurance.


http://crooksandliars.com/richard-rj-eskow/values-not-just-math-why-sen

Elizabeth Warren is so very wonderful!!!

What she says is what I think.

http://www.upworthy.com/a-senator-bluntly-says-what-were-all-thinking-about-the-awful-and-obnoxious-government-shutdown