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Elizabeth Warren

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Elizabeth Ann Warren is an American attorney, academic, and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Massachusetts since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, she has been a prominent advocate for consumer protection, economic equality, and corporate regulation. Warren gained national recognition for her work in establishing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and has focused on issues such as student debt relief and healthcare reform during her tenure in the Senate.

Oct 19, 2021

If private equity has skin in the game, maybe they will think twice about their actions.

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Oct 19, 2021

This is wrong. Our tax system should not be creating incentives for bad business practices, and private equity firms should not be able to extract huge dividends while failing to fund employee pensions.

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Oct 19, 2021

Private equity relies on a business model that pays managers to go after short-term profits, charging huge fees even as they destroy the long-term prospects of the businesses they buy.

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Oct 19, 2021

The Stop Wall Street Looting Act will finally close regulatory loopholes and change the rules that have only served the billionaire class while wreaking havoc in our communities.

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Oct 19, 2021

I don't want to eliminate private equity. But I do want to fix it.

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Oct 19, 2021

It's bad for communities when private equity firms buy up thousands of manufactured homes or the land they sit on.

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Oct 19, 2021

It is bad for communities when private equity firms buy up thousands of manufactured homes and the land that they sit on.

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Oct 19, 2021

America faces a retirement crisis, but the solution is not to squeeze employees more or to cut retail jobs and wages.

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Oct 19, 2021

So this private equity company takes over this successful, profitable, I think you said 58-year-old company, saying they were going to make it more profitable.

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Oct 19, 2021

It is also bad for seniors and their families when private equity firms buy up nursing homes and other health care providers.

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