This woman is ready to REPRESENT!

Congrats Ms. Warren!!!

Elizabeth Warren saw how Washington works from the inside and she was livid. She is the type of candidate we need to see all over the country. We can't keep electing the same people over and over. They get too comfortable and lazy.

Elizabeth Warren is standing up for people and we need more like her; only then will things change.

Come on America. Find that one candidate in your state who will fight back against the status quo in DC.

Everybody up here is thrilled with her, including my GOP friends. Thrilled.

And that's because she is explaining step by step exactly what happened in this country. Something no else will do these days.

Let's face it, America slept. For a long long long time.

Good! I hope he gives his secretary a raise so I don't have to hear about her taxes any more........

huh?

Definitely, we need more legislators like her. It won't be easy running against the secret big money machine but she has a message that can resonate beyond the money, it resonates with people who are tired of the same old, same old. This is one of those instances where the GOP Senate blocked her appointment to the Consumer Protection Agency and it could very well come back to bite them on their collective backsides.

Go Elizabeth! Save us from the stupid, ridiculous, disgusting 2010 Congress!

So that menas that 4% gave her at least $2.1 million dollars, or 2/3 of her total.

Looks like the "Top 4%" are buying Lesley Ann Warren.

How did that 4% get so rich? They couldn't have done it themselves. If we all helped, I don't like the way they are spending "Our" money.

When it comes to campaign donations, this Lady is a hypocrite, just like all the rest of them.

I hear all this, you know, ‘Well, this is class warfare, this is whatever.’ No. There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own—nobody.

You built a factory out there? Good for you. But I want to be clear. You moved your goods to market on the roads the rest of us paid for. You hired workers the rest of us paid to educate. You were safe in your factory because of police forces and fire forces [sic] that the rest of us paid for. You didn’t have to worry that marauding bands would come and seize everything at your factory—and hire someone to protect against this—because of the work the rest of us did.

Now look, you built a factory and it turned into something terrific, or a great idea. God bless—keep a big hunk of it. But part of the underlying social contract is, you take a hunk of that and pay forward for the next kid who comes along.

~~Elizabeth Warren~~

Doing the math, if 96% donated $100 (or $1,056,000) that means 4% (or 440 people) donated an average of $4,452. Hardly in the league of the Koch brothers and the secret PACs.

Mickey, that shows her incredible ignorance because the roads, education, police and fire are all paid for by the state and local authorities. That same person who built that factory probably paid for the police, fire and his education via local taxes that the rest of us DID NOT pay for. Where does she get such idiocy. She acts like those workers didnt have the same ability to be educated, protected by fire and police as the successful person. In fact why should the successful person pay an more for education, fire and police as the unsuccessful person or the worker in her paragraph as they are of equal benefit to all.
That is the worst comparison and I hate hearing it from progressives because it means nothing. If you want to be the next Steve Jobs nothing is stopping you and he is paying for his local benefits at equal or greater contribution than his workers so not sure why they even say such crap.

Hey Steeler, obviously I did the math and knew it was less than $5000. Doesn't matter. That's probably right at the limit of what they can give directly.

Please don't try to tell me this woman isn't going to court big money donors. Why defend her or any of them, yet she rails against the rich.

The whole campaing finance system sucks and for some reason First Read just can't get enought of it.

Billionaires giving money to millionaires so they can get elected to spend our money.

CUT IT ALL OFF

Kirk ever hear of federal funding for road improvement. Many states receive federal funds for road maint, bridge repairs and improvements. So it is not just local money, but even at that most business recieve tax credits to remain in those states and not take their business else where you know like Boeing did with there new plant. I also think that there are more people living in a city, county or state paying taxes to maintain roads, bridges than corporations. Did you know that trucking companies pay road tax to drive their rigs on highways. To pay for maint, repairs and improvement. So there are a lot of people paying taxes for these services and with tax incentives to corporations we do not know just how much these companies are paying of their share for the use of these things. Is it possible that they may not be paying their full share, some but not all?

So there are federal roads I get it. Thats not the point she was making and for the most part, we do all our driving on local roads and you know it. It certainly is possible that some companies are not paying a fair share of taxes to support some concept of use of federal roads but again not the point she is making. She was trying to say that somehow a successful person was able to utilize government services in some disproportionate manner than the hired worker and that makes absolutely no sense. The hired worker has to pay property taxes for his education, sales taxes and property taxes to contribute to the local government where he lives and federal and state income tax to support the larger state and federal governments. The amount of services that hired worker receives in return are far lower than his contribution and he has equal access to these services as the successful business person, doctor, entertainer or Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs is not successful because he received an overshare of local and state governement services paid for by the hired worker. These are class warfare talking points that fail to discuss that everyone has that same opportunity to become sucessful and start taking some self reliance and stop blaming the rich and successful. Do you see the local asian immigrant who opens up the dry cleaners, the dunkin donuts, gas station complaining as he is getting wealthy on our great system. No, do you see the hispanic immigrant complaining about our great system no. Do you see us lazy americans complaining because we forgot the values our parents taught us and we feel better blaming someone else and not taking any personal responsibility yes.

Hello Kirk,

[...the roads, education, police and fire are all paid for by the state and local authorities...]

I think the best way to answer this is to ask you to find out how much federal funding your state gets. This figure will give you a better perspective on Warren's statement. This funding is then distributed to the local governments, aside from what your local government begs for in the form of grants, etc. I think you would be surprised. States alone cannot possibly come up with enough revenue to build and/or maintain it's infrastructure, or keep it's school system and emergency services above water. Working at the state level, I know this to be fact. When you factor in bridges, your budget gets shot to hell. Not a lot left over for emergency services OR educational services. It's sad, but there are municipalities whose infrastructure is on the verge of condemnation because there simply isn't enough tax revenue to maintain it.

[Where does she get such idiocy.]

Warren's statement is spot on...OUR federal taxes paid for that infrastructure, and she is merely reminding us of that fact. Just because you may disagree doesn't change that.

[That is the worst comparison and I hate hearing it from progressives because it means nothing.]

I disagree...it means EVERYTHING. You may not like the message, but that doesn't change the validity of it. Just because republicans or conservatives say nothing about this little ditty doesn't make it untrue. They KNOW it's true, but you will never hear any one of them say it. Why? Because it flies in the face of their message.

I'm interested in how Ms Warren is paying forward so that all future kids can go to Harvard?

While the amount of money Ms. Warren has raised thus far is certainly impressive, it pales next to the amount of money being raised by Brown. He is the number one favorite of Wall Street; the chosen lackey. There is no clearer dichotomy in ANY race.

This is Wall Street vs. Main Street.

When all is said and done, it would not surprise me to see Senator Brown and his nefarious supporters and nation destroyers outspend Ms. Warren by better than ten-to-one. I would be surprised if Ms. Warren doesn't thrash Senator Brown.

If I am right, there will be no clearer mandate for the next Congress AND the President. The United States of America belongs to all of its citizens, not just the wealthy.

Mickey, I actually volunteer on my local village finance commission so I get how it works and also understand the budget tricks. I can tell you why Obama's first stimulus didnt create a single job in Illinois because all the shovel ready or local infrastructure jobs that were already in the budgets for 2009 and 10 were rebudgeted to receive stimulus money and then the money that was going to be used to spend on roads and bridges etc just went to unfunded union pension and health care liabilities. So of course no new jobs were created. But thats a recent thing and yes federal grants are provided that help subsidize state and local projects but that has nothing to do with Warren's point and I would tell you it makes her point worse if you are trying to tell me that the so called worker is paying into the federal level in which the so called successful person is getting wealthy using the federal resources. It doesnt fly in the face of any message, it flies in the face of reality. What federal contributions that will subsidize state roads are going to be made on a higer level than the person who became successful? Its idiocy. Lets make an easy example. Lets say there are two people growing up in Topeka Kansas. One become a machinist for a factory and the other becomes the owner of the factory. They both went to the same high school, took advantage of the same education, same roads same government available services. As the owner got wealthier he certainly paid alot more in federal, state and local taxes whether income, sales or payroll. So explain to me how he benefited and is under some Warren like ethical moral obligation to pay for government even more than he does based on Warren's logic. I think someone can make an argument that the wealthy should just contribute more in absolute dollars and have a moral obligation to help those less fortunate but I think Warren's logic that you quoted is just dumb

Alan, NJ

I'm interested in how Ms Warren is paying forward so that all future kids can go to Harvard?

She's "paying forward" by trying to make sure other kids get the same chance she had.

By the way, Warren -- not Brown -- is the one with the public school, middle class background.

As I understand it, Brown went to Tufts and to Boston College, both private schools.

All of Warren's undergraduate education was in public schools. So do us all a favor by dropping the phony elitism attack and finding some substance to talk about.

What Brown knows about financial institutions would no doubt fit into one tiny corner of Elizabeth Warren's big brain. And I'll take her populist views any day over the new Republican patricians.

Anna Molly:

There are no "corners" in a well-rounded mind. Ms. Warren, as you know, is thoughtful, exceedingly bright and well-spoken. She is going to be fabulous in the Senate. Look out good old boys. Now, as far as Brown........well, one might find corners in a blockhead.

David, I am starting to realize that your just an idealogue that just hates any aspect of success in this country and have a chip on your shoulder. Brown is extremely popular in a very liberal state and he is not even close to being the favorite of wall street because if he was, he would be a democrat. Wall Street is about the democratic party not GOP. where do you think Soros and all those fat cats who assisted Obama in the election? What party controls NY? Come on David quit being an idealogue and think for yourself and stop spewing this class warfare nonsense.

Kirk, you're still not grasping what Warren is saying... and you are missing the entire point of my posts. It really isn't as difficult as you are making it out to be...really...

Have a good night.

Anna Molly, your making assumptions that kids who go to public school or private school had a more priviledged background which is a bad assumption to start with. With all the scholarships and financial aid available, its shouldnt play any factor into how you see either candidate. Warren might be smart based on her pedigree to date and you might think her populist views seem ok but what if they cause more harm than the benefits she thinks she is providing? I actually have had the opportunity to work on the legal case on the other side of her on a matter from the mid 90s. She was providing advice to the attorney general of Mass. All I can tell you is that her common sense smarts are either very bad or she is willing to pursue her agenda at the expense of the truth. We walked through the real facts of our case with her which didnt fit the populist as you call it reality she either thought or wanted to fight for and there was zero bending on her part. In my case, there was certainly contributory bad behavior and acts on both sides of the case but her populist views saw one thing only--big bad predatory corporation even though that was the facts in less than 10% of the sample and it was very bad and in fact just as bad almost criminal behavior on the other side sample 40% of the time. Her way of dealing with it was just to ignore it and focus on the 10% behavior that fit her agenda.

It feels that she does that now with consumer protection, bank fees, mortgage lending. She wants to focus on predatory lending (which great do it) but you have to have nuance and there is also bad behavior by the borrowers that you cant ignore and bail them out or let them off the hook. Maybe you can prove it to me that she isnt like that but that certainly is her reputation so far.

Mickey, its not? I am certainly grasping her point so explain it to me what I am missing? Progressives say her point all the time and I am for the life of me trying to figure it out then. Is is something less tangible than actual money? So if the wealthy pay all the taxes and take advantage of government services in an equal manner as their workers what is her point?

Kirk:

Take a look at this link: http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/industries.php?cid=N00031174&cycle=2012

As I said, Brown is the NUMBER ONE buy in securities and investment. He is way ahead of the others. You spew pure nonsense when you assert that its Democrats who take the largest contributions from the bankers. Such an assertion is not simply laughable, it's downright idiotic.

You can navigate through that site, and you will find that Republicans in the vast majority of cases received a greater percentage of virtually all major industries than Democrats. Don't you guys ever get tired of using George Soros as a red herring? Show me the inordinate influence this guy has on our day to day life, and then contrast it with the damage done by the damned bankers.

Dammit man, do your homework. I'm not making that stuff up.

Like Elizabeth Warren, I say more power to those who are successful in business. I was. It was the massive and fantastic infrastructure of this nation that allowed me to be successful. I spent half my K-12 years in public school and my degree comes from a state university. The roads allowed me to travel to do my business. Subsidies to oil and gas industries gave me cheap fuel. Virtually all communications have their origin with federal help. I get cheap food thanks to food subsidies. My water and a great deal of my power came through federal water projects. Frankly, you do not understand the reach and scope of the federal government's contribution to the success we enjoy in this nation.

As far as class warfare. Don't insult my intelligence. All of history - ALL OF IT - is about class warfare. It has always been the have's and the have-not's, the rich and the poor. Never in history has a country come as close as ours to creating middle class. The rich are doing everything possible to return our country to that age-old model of have and have-not, rich and poor.

The statistics, the numbers, and ALL the facts point to that reality. None of what I wrote is rooted in ideology. Just facts. Refute my points with facts, not your opinions.

Really and truly. That's all I have to say. If you can't grasp the simple points I have made as well as the statistics from Open Secrets, I'm not going to waste my time beating my head against a brick wall. Your Rovian/Alinsky tactics are not going to work.

First off David, the Alinsky rules are for progressives--read his book. As for facts, we just had a debate on Cain's tax plan in which we tried to talk facts and I gave you what you wanted and instead of facts you wanted to editorialize so dont give me this crap about facts and doing your homework. I gave you a clear cut example where you didnt do your homework and instead of being civilized you took your ball and went home. I understand that you use your set of facts to draw conclusions that support your opinions as do the fiscal conservatives. What is so difficult is when you refuse to even admit that very simple process.

Lets start with number one--Brown. The fact that he is an incredibly popular GOP senator in an overwhelmingly liberal state should tell you something right off the bat. Second, Warren has no shot at winning if she doesnt quickly become popular with the securities industry because Boston maybe the second largest home for mutual funds, private equity firms and brokerage houses in the country. A senator representing that state must represent its constituents. Dont you think Pelosi wins in San Fran because she represents her constituents even though she has an overall approval rating of 10%. As for Wall Street, my business was funded by Soros, I have no problem with him. I work with all the major private equity firms in NY. These guys are capitalists but the vast majority of them voted for Obama. Of course they played their cards both ways in terms of political donations. I never said that business was aligned with the GOP no different than you could say that the democrats are in the crony capitalism bed with the unions. Its who feeds them but Wall Street and its owners in NY are in the majority democrats. Just the jewish vote alone in NY carrys the day. I am not sure what part of this you dont get.

Explain to me the damage the bankers have done again? Are you speaking of mortgage back securities again? Or risk in the derivatives market? Do you ever stop to look at the benefits bankers do too? You cant lump everything into one big conclusion. Investment bankers are totally separate from commercial bankers who are the lifeline for business small and large. They are definitely not evil. I would agree that there are some bad investment bankers and even some bad hedge fund guys but you cant lump everyone together and there is a ton of blame that can be provided all around. from Clinton getting rid of the Glass Steagel Act to all politicians at that time to Fannie and Freddie's underwriting criteria.

I have no problem with the reach and scope of the federal government's contribution of success but I dont understand how that differs for you and the guy sitting next to you. Everyone has the same access and same ability to be successful. Nothing is stopping your seatmate from becoming the next Steve Jobs. The fact that you took advantage of it better than someone else doesnt mean that you have a greater obligation to give back. That makes no sense. Its a stupid silly backdrop to progressive views that want to eliminate self reliance and personal accountability.

Yes David you have become an idealogue with no ability to parse through facts and experience provided to you in order to critically think. You come to a conclusion such as the Cain proposal based on your preconceived views and attack it based on idealogy which is unfortunate because at times you come across as more sane than the paid Fiesty etc

She'd probably do better in one of those little itty bitty car things with a bumper sticker saying "We built these highways, so start doing things myway".

This is in reference to her viral video about the rich not getting rich on there own, the public built those highways that they're products get to market on, so they need to share in the rebuilding of infrastructure (paraphrased).

Americans First: "Go Elizabeth, may your message resonate around the country in other Democrats mouths.It is about time we stood up to the rich who make the most off of America and pay the least percentage of their income for the upkeep of America."

Right now all those rich DEMOVRATS ( people like N.Pelosi, C.Rangel, Joe Biden, Bill Clinton , private sector RICH Democratic voters, Wall street Democrat DONORS/Goldman Sachs etc.) are saying ...... "Sshhhhh, Elizabeth, don't harp on that part about those who make the most off of America!!" LOL

Leona, how did Steve Jobs make the most off of America? Can you explain that comment to me? I am pretty sure than anyone making over $200,000 is paying all the federal income tax and a much higher percentage than those making less. Did you read the USA today showing if you make between 75-100k a year you basically pay nothing to the government but your future social security retirement contribution. Why the hate? My parents taught me that hard work, self reliance and good ole midwestern values are what will help you become successful. When did that change and now that success is considered bad?

Kirk, we are on the same page,so to speak. I pay taxes too. I answered "Americans First" and you must think I wrote what he/she wrote.

I was simply using sarcasm to show the Dems/Liberals here that they are always railing about the hated "rich" people. All the while, there are many "rich" among the Democrat Party. The liberal lemmings think only Republicans are rich.

Mike-2734129: "THE WEALTHY DO NOT CREATE JOBS!! We need JOBS, North to South, East to West; We need JOBS. The GOP is hungry for power, with not even a promise (lie) for JOBS..."

1. Who creates jobs then, if not the wealthy?!

2. The GOP have passed numerous jobs bills in the House and Harry Reid won't bring them to a vote in the Senate because he's afraid the Dems will vote for them !

Mike, so are you telling me that Steve Jobs didnt create jobs? I realize that there isnt a lot of job creation at the moment but who does create jobs Mike? Explain to me how the person who owns the successful boutique, restaurant or whatever successful business near where you live decides to open a new branch, location or store. Does he not hire anyone? Is he not a job creator? But if that person found that all of a sudden within the last year that his net after tax cash flow was reduced, that I have to worry about the next EPA reg or snail darter and my application review will take 2 years with the local zoning etc because of new government regs, that new health care mandates covering his employees along wtih Obamacare is going to cost him an additonal 25% in insurance premiums and that the banks are now costing me to use their services because Dodd Frank imposed all these so called rules to protect the people who dont want to take any financial responsibility for themselves--what do you think happens when he wants to open that new location. Oh thats right the government creates jbos.

Hey DEE, the Dems did NOT stick up for the middle class when Boeing tried to create 1000 NON Union jobs in So.Carolina. They took them to court!

DEMOCRATS= HYPOCRITES

Leona, No the dems did not take Boeing to court the employees did, the ones in Seattle who needed the jobs just as much as those in S Carolina. Boeing did it because they did not want to pay the higher wages in Washington State as the cost of living is higher there, so they moved the operations to S Carolina were wages are less as well as no Union. It was simply a financial move on the part of Boeing Company. But if Boeing did nothing wrong then they have nothing to fear from the suite right. On the other hand if they did something wrong well.....

Really, Leona, how do you justify your party sticking it to the poor and middle class while the rich get richer? Why won't they vote for that 5% increase for people who make $1,000,000, while the rest of the country flounders? How do you justify corporations paying little or no taxes at all while they ship jobs over to third world countries? How do you justify that they're, right now, sitting on $2 trillion dollars without creating any jobs? How do you justify your party not doing a damn thing about it?

Leona, the NLRB has no right to tell a PRIVATE company where they can build at. Look at the facts if you can, each and every time a contract comes up in Washington the greedy workers there strike because they want more and more and more, in fact Boeing has added work in Washington but they need another plant for their added contracts, and I would be willing to bet if the NRLB was lucky enough to shutter a 530 million dollar plant that add thousands of AMERICAN jobs in South Carolina, which is in the UNITED STATES. Lets hope and pray that NLRB does not get their way because if they do, do not be surprised if they decided to build over seas instead, is this what you want Leona? And I have the right to talk about BOEING because I work there, do you? And I am here to tell you they pay a good wage and benefits and I also bet they when, the NRLB is pure 1000 percent wrong? And by the way I never voted to strike either, why because they do pay good and they are a good company to work for, and when I retire next year I will get a decent pension.

Bless Boeing

DEE:"How do you justify your party not doing a damn thing about it?"

PUT THE KOOL AID DOWN, DEE. The Republican House passed many bills which are sitting in the Senate because Harry Reid won't bring them up for a vote. He's afraid the Dems will vote for the Repub. bills.

Tis the season: "No the dems did not take Boeing to court the employees did"

You should READ UP on what Govenor Haley ( So.Carolina ) has to say about Boeing. She wants those jobs in her state.

Capstrategies, You are right. Let's try a Mormon, we've done worse in the past. Right now Obama and Carter are neck and neck in the "struggle " to become the WORST President in history.

What great ideas (NOT) ! The more you "send bills" to the private sector, it will cost more to do business and fewer people will be hired. Read up on what the EPA has done for jobs in this country...........DESTROYED THEM.

@Leona - so basically what you are saying is that regardless of how many tax cuts/breaks the rich get, there are no solutions to any of our problems, including those tax breaks (we are at lowest level in decades and still no jobs). Give me one single solution you have given on this page regarding the economy - just one!

I have never heard a Repub, either on here or the candidates or leaders of that party give one single solution that actually, really, really works. Their solution to everything is to take more from the poor and middle classes and give to the rich and to remove all regulations, get rid of unions, privatize everything. That is the solution to everything. That will make everything work again. Please explain to me, to us, how that makes everything work again. How does that build up the middle class, without which we will become a third world country. If we cannot purchase and consume goods, then the rich will also fail. Give me one solution to anything Leona, you have none.

And neither does your party, who have been waging "class warfare" against regular people for the last half century.

CATHY M. : "Give me one single solution you have given on this page regarding the economy - just one!"

Cathy, Try as I may, I just don't get why this so hard to understand for people like yourself. You either want JOBS created or you are looking for more hand outs. Which is it?

The economy GROWS when the govt. gets out of the way. We need to make this country "attractive" to companies who are outsourcing jobs to places like Mexico. Read up on how many companies have gone there ( as well as China,India etc.) . It is cheaper to do business there and there are fewer regulations to contend with. If you owned a company here in the U.S., and you were unable to make a profit and compete , you would move out too !

What will entice the businesses to stay or come back here? You may not like the answer but it's the truth !

ANSWER: Less regulations, lower corporate tax rates.

So, the question is, Cathy, do you want more "JOBS" , or not ??!!