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" Hard work, careful planning, and realistic financial advice will be required by many to regain solvency. "
Lisa Madigan
Financial
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Hard Work
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" I often say that paying off your debt is like dieting. There are no miracle cures; it takes discipline and hard work. "
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" Persons whose wagers depend upon how particular selected athletes perform in actual sporting events stand in no different stead than persons who wager on the outcome of any sporting event in which they are not participants. "
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" Do not enter into an agreement you cannot afford. Take precautions to avoid institutional loans with double-digit interest rates. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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