Elizabeth Warren: The Election Day Convo Everyone Needs

360. Elizabeth Warren: The Election Day Convo Everyone Needs On this important Election day, we’re honored to welcome Senator Elizabeth Warren. She explains why, if you’re voting with your wallet—thinking about your grocery bills, medical bills, childcare costs, rent or mortgage, elder care, or student loans—your vote should go to Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. Discover: The real reason egg prices are so high (it’s not just inflation) + Harris’s plan to lower the cost of food The top three ways Kamala Harris will address the housing crisis VP Harris’s approach to investing in childcare, paid family leave, and eldercare Why healthcare alone is a reason to vote: what’s at stake if Kamala wins—or loses More on Senator Warren: Elizabeth Warren, the senior Senator from Massachusetts, is a fearless consumer advocate and one of the nation’s leading progressive voices, fighting for big structural change that would transform our economy and rebuild the middle class. Before becoming the first woman ever elected to the Senate from Massachusetts in 2012, Elizabeth led the fight to create the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an agency established in the aftermath of the financial crisis to protect consumers from predatory financial practices. Elizabeth lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with her husband Bruce and their golden retriever, Bailey.

This is the straight dope!

Elizabeth Warren persists in telling it like it is. The corruption is rampant. One omission about the pharmaceutical companies and drug prices. The drugs these companies are making billions of dollars on were developed by academic researchers on grant money from NIH (the federal government by way of the taxpayers). The pharmaceutical companies don't even shoulder the cost of developing the drugs -- we the people do! So much corruption!

Now what?

It’s the day after the election. I am devastated. I know this will pass and I’ll soon feel motivated to “resist”. Would love a podcast on suggested groups/organizations to join. The horror hasn’t started yet, but I want to be ready. Thank you for all you do. This is a very hard thing.