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" It probably can take me anywhere I want to be, but I have to be honest, being attorney general is a great job. "
Lisa Madigan
Take
Want
Great
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" 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. "
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Pension
" Stalking is a serious crime with serious consequences. "
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Crime
" Do not enter into an agreement you cannot afford. Take precautions to avoid institutional loans with double-digit interest rates. "
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You
Take
" 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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" The last thing our children need is less protection. "
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Last
Less
" Even if you can afford the price of college, you cannot afford a worthless degree. "
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You
Degree
Price
" 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. "
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Done
Ready
Impact
" The creation of a consumer agency, structured similarly to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, levels the playing field. It gives consumers a powerful advocate at the federal level. "
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Powerful
Office
Creation
" For many, the loan modification process has been a giant sham. "
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Been
Process
Loan
" 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. "
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Quality
Home
Great
" 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. "
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Terrible
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" Unlike public universities and private, not-for-profit colleges, for-profit schools are owned by revenue-seeking businesses often more intent on boosting their bottom line than educating their students. They use hard-sell tactics to recruit prospective students, and veterans have become particular targets. "
Lisa Madigan
Students
Become
Line
" I've always wanted to be an advocate. "
Lisa Madigan
Always
Wanted
Advocate
" Hard work, careful planning, and realistic financial advice will be required by many to regain solvency. "
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Financial
Work
Hard Work
" 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. "
Lisa Madigan
You
Want
Potential
" I often say that paying off your debt is like dieting. There are no miracle cures; it takes discipline and hard work. "
Lisa Madigan
Discipline
Debt
Work
" I went to law school to help people. "
Lisa Madigan
Law School
Law
Help
" Stalking is a crime that can paralyze an otherwise productive person with fear. "
Lisa Madigan
Productive
Crime
Fear
" 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. "
Lisa Madigan
Attention
Doing
Children
" The explosive growth of the for-profit school industry has had disastrous effects on millions of Americans and our economy. "
Lisa Madigan
Economy
Industry
Our
" 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. "
Lisa Madigan
Technology
Know
Lights
" 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. "
Lisa Madigan
Education
Opportunity
Higher Education
" 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. "
Lisa Madigan
Events
Event
Different
" 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. "
Lisa Madigan
Loving
Step
Gay
" The Department of Education's refusal to oversee and hold for-profit schools accountable is a government-made disaster, and American students and taxpayers should not have to pay for it. "
Lisa Madigan
Disaster
Students
American
" 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. "
Lisa Madigan
Book
Lie
Con
" It is never too late to correct our mistakes. And if we do not, we risk repeating them. "
Lisa Madigan
Risk
Never Too Late
Mistakes
" 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.' "
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Challenges
Myself
Good
" The Attorney General is the state's chief consumer advocate, fighting to protect the financial security of all Illinoisans. "
Lisa Madigan
Security
Protect
Financial
" Navient's actions have led to student borrowers needlessly carrying billions of dollars in debt, and the company must be held accountable. "
Lisa Madigan
Company
Debt
Must