Zitat des Tages von Lisa Madigan:
In every community in Illinois, same-sex couples have chosen to join together and, in many instances, to raise families of their own. These couples are our relatives and friends, our neighbors, co-workers and parents of our children's classmates. They deserve the same rights and responsibilities that civil marriage offers straight couples.
I've repeatedly seen unscrupulous lenders use every con in the book to charm and lie to homeowners. Lenders actually paid brokers a premium to put people in higher-priced loans with toxic features, such as adjustable rates and prepayment penalties.
I feel strongly that the state would not be well-served by having a governor and speaker of the House from the same family and have never planned to run for governor if that would be the case. With Speaker Madigan planning to continue in office, I will not run for governor.
As I travel across Illinois and talk with people, and as others reach out to my office desperate for help, I am becoming convinced that, despite their rhetoric, many lenders have no interest in actually helping their customers.
I've always wanted to be an advocate.
Most of our children have access to Internet-accessible technology, yet most of us are actually not paying much attention to what they're doing online.
I often say that paying off your debt is like dieting. There are no miracle cures; it takes discipline and hard work.
Much of the blame for the Great Recession lies with abuses in the housing market - namely the creation of risky and unsustainable home loans that were packaged and sold as quality investments around the globe.
There were absolutely circumstances where Sallie Mae was working hand-in-hand with for-profit schools and other schools in offering and putting students into risky expensive subprime loans.
While most of us are trying to be more frugal, the loss of a job, a divorce, or a medical emergency can quickly sink us deeply into debt.
The Attorney General is the state's chief consumer advocate, fighting to protect the financial security of all Illinoisans.
Do not enter into an agreement you cannot afford. Take precautions to avoid institutional loans with double-digit interest rates.
For many, the loan modification process has been a giant sham.
Hard work, careful planning, and realistic financial advice will be required by many to regain solvency.
It is never too late to correct our mistakes. And if we do not, we risk repeating them.
Investigating some of the largest subprime lenders - Wells Fargo, Countrywide, Ameriquest, Household Finance - I've seen how their terrible, toxic loans were closed by any means necessary and eventually packaged, sold as securities, and bet upon until they exploded and decimated our economy.
My investigation found Sallie Mae put student borrowers into expensive subprime loans that it knew were going to fail.
Even if you can afford the price of college, you cannot afford a worthless degree.
The last thing our children need is less protection.
A ban on same-sex marriage violates the state Constitution's equal protection clause.
We've done amazing things for the state. Some of them have had a national impact, but I'm going to be ready for some new challenges, and so I'm not going to seek a fifth term as attorney general.
Foreclosure is nothing new. And it certainly will always be a fact of life for some.
I initiated the State's investigation of Governor Blagojevich and have prosecuted public officials, including a sitting democratic state representative and democratic State's Attorney.
