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" A ban on same-sex marriage violates the state Constitution's equal protection clause. "
Ban
Constitution
Protection
" 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. "
Help
Travel
Talk
" Being attorney general has truly allowed me to be a voice for justice for the people of Illinois and oftentimes the country - and I love it. "
People
Being
Justice
" Consumers don't need to be forced to pay billions for so-called smart technology to know how to reduce their utility bills. We know to turn down the heat or air conditioning and shut off the lights. "
Technology
Know
Lights
" Demand to know the school's accreditation. Regional accreditation is preferable to national, particularly if you want to transfer credits. Check with the certifying association or potential employer in your field to ensure successful completion of the program will actually qualify you for that job. "
You
Want
Potential
" Do not enter into an agreement you cannot afford. Take precautions to avoid institutional loans with double-digit interest rates. "
Agreement
You
Take
" Even if you can afford the price of college, you cannot afford a worthless degree. "
You
Degree
Price
" Foreclosure is nothing new. And it certainly will always be a fact of life for some. "
Will
Fact
Always
" For many, the loan modification process has been a giant sham. "
Been
Process
Loan
" Hard work, careful planning, and realistic financial advice will be required by many to regain solvency. "
Financial
Work
Hard Work
" Higher education is meant to provide economic opportunity to Americans - not provide unscrupulous companies the opportunity to syphon off billions in federal taxpayer dollars unfairly. "
Education
Opportunity
Higher Education
" I am inspired by Nelson Mandela. I was a volunteer teacher in South Africa during apartheid, where I witnessed his success liberating black South Africans. "
Volunteer
I Am
Black
" I enjoy a good fight, and always have, and really just said to myself, 'Look, at the end of my term, it'll be 16 years as attorney general, and I'm ready for new challenges. I'm ready to use my skills in a different way to continue to help people.' "
Challenges
Myself
Good
" 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. "
Feel
House
Planning
" If home ownership is the American dream, then foreclosure certainly is the American nightmare. It destroys more than credit. It destroys lives. And its effects are felt beyond the individual family that it devastates. It shakes our entire economy. "
American Dream
Home
Family
" 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. "
Democratic
Investigation
Sitting
" I'm very lucky to have the support of my family. "
Support
Family
Very
" In 2011, when the General Assembly passed the law allowing civil unions, Illinois took an important step forward to recognize that gay and lesbian couples have the right to build lives together and create strong, loving families. "
Loving
Step
Gay
" 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. "
Community
Children
Marriage
" 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. "
Toxic
Terrible
Finance
" I often say that paying off your debt is like dieting. There are no miracle cures; it takes discipline and hard work. "
Discipline
Debt
Work
" It is never too late to correct our mistakes. And if we do not, we risk repeating them. "
Risk
Never Too Late
Mistakes
" It probably can take me anywhere I want to be, but I have to be honest, being attorney general is a great job. "
Take
Want
Great
" I've always wanted to be an advocate. "
Always
Wanted
Advocate
" I've been able to bring billions of dollars back to our state that has so desperately needed it - billions of dollars in relief to homeowners and our communities and our pension systems that desperately need it. "
Bring
Been
Pension
" I've learned never to say never. "
Learned
Say
Never
" 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. "
Book
Lie
Con
" I went to law school to help people. "
Law School
Law
Help
" 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. "
Attention
Doing
Children
" 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. "
Quality
Home
Great
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