We were hurting for money before this happened. Without a job or the prospect of a job in the near future, he just didn't feel like he could take care of us.

There isn't any place to work to pay the bills, everything will have to be liquidated.

Thank goodness for my mom. Even though we are all staying in a little studio apartment, we are so much better off than many people.

Do what you love and the money will follow.

I firmly believe that the most important feature of spending the people's money is complete transparency.

To get our economy back on track and keep it functioning properly without the problems of our financial institutions, we need reasonable regulations that will protect Main Street while at the same time allow Wall Street to do what it does best - make money for American investors.