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What Would You Ask Elizabeth Warren?

With a live Q&A chat coming up on Friday, Patch wants to know what questions you'd as the U.S. Senate candidate from Massachusetts.

 

If you could ask Massachusetts U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren a question, what would it be?

Elizabeth Warren will be joining us live on Friday, July 13, at 1:15 p.m., providing an opportunity for you to ask her where she stands on a particular issue or the upcoming election.

Wondering about her stance on the national debt? What about healthcare? Education?

Leave your questions for Elizabeth Warren in the comments to have them considered for the live Q&A session.

Be sure to join Friday's chat  from 1:15 p.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday.

Related Topics: Elizabeth Warren, Live Chat, and U.S. Senate Race Massachusetts 2012

tamy77

8:34 am on Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Dear Ms. Warren, do you recommend that all children lie on their school/business applications to get special treatment? Has it worked for your?

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citizen1

9:00 am on Wednesday, July 11, 2012

My daughter can't get grants to attend college because I remarried and my husband makes a decent salary. She is not his daughter and he does not support her, why should what he makes affect her ability to get grants she should be eligible for? Please help because she is thinking about not attending because of this.

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Alexander Tiddle

10:56 pm on Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Perhaps you should've thought of that when your child was born and saved, instead of expecting the government to pay your child's way through college.

Brian Bates

9:54 am on Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Why would you marry a man who makes a decent salary, yet would not help your daughter with college? Grants are determined by "household income". Even if he does not help her directly, his income is used to support the household, freeing up your income to help her with college. Why must the government pay for your daughter to go to college? She's going to quit unless she gets a freebie? Nice parenting.

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citizen1

12:12 pm on Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Brian, i did not ask for your comments i was asking someone who understands that every situation is different. i will not justify your ignorant "nice parenting" comment by trying to explain the dynamics of my household, since you know nothing about it your opinion lacks merit.

Margaret Carroll-Bergman

12:36 pm on Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Please refrain from personal comments on other's questions.

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Todd Weaver

2:30 pm on Wednesday, July 11, 2012

I would ask why students (future citizens) are not taught basic financial literacy in grade and middle and high school. If they were taught the basics, I would imagine the need for a Consumer Protection Agency would be moot. Or does that new agency have something in the works to teach the young people of this country how to become financially responsible citizens?

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Casey Meserve

2:46 pm on Wednesday, July 11, 2012

wish they offered this to everyone in high school. I could do without calculus, but everyone should be required to take a course in real-life math before they graduate high school, Maybe senior year? Balance a checkbook, how do student loans work, the difference between types of loans, etc. This is a great question!

Bloodyrue Andrue

4:05 pm on Wednesday, July 11, 2012

I expect to get everything provided for me by the Government and the 1%. If you get elected will that at least forward that goal? I think it will.

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Bloodyrue Andrue

4:08 pm on Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Sorry I won't be able to attend your meeting, I have a job and have to work.

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Tim from the Bog

5:14 pm on Wednesday, July 11, 2012

People have called you a banking expert, have you ever worked in a bank?

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MiddleOfTheRoad

6:17 pm on Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Why won't you sincerely answer the Cherokee question and be done with it?

Also, why do you think socialist principles(redistribution of wealth) should be forced on a Capitalist society? My comment to that is; the only ones who gain from a socialist utopia are the ones that don't even help the system. And please, don't blame Bush or the Republicans. You all share the burden for that.

Finally. Do you support the Governor's decision to veto the bi-partisan legislation that would have put stricter requirements on the use of EBT cards? You know, the cards that allow "poor" people to get tatoos and hit the packy just so they don't feel bad about themselves and they can feel like the rest of us that work for a living.

If one vote counts in an election, then I hope it will be mine. Until the day you can stop catering to one side of the aisle and make solid judgements based on what is good and right for "ALL" of us, you will never see my vote. Sorry, I'm not from Cambridge.

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Robert Kearns

9:04 pm on Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Why didn't you come and march in the Braintree Parade?

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Ouie Boscoe

8:16 am on Thursday, July 12, 2012

You claim the only way to reduce the deficit is to increase taxes. This is nothing but You playing along with the liberal agenda of demonizing rich people and creating class warfare. Please explain to us how much money can You actually bring in by increasing taxes and with facts please not liberal talking points.

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Informed Citizen

9:24 am on Thursday, July 12, 2012

Scott Brown has voted against the following Massachusetts job creating bills:
1. The American Jobs Act - which would have created 16,000 jobs in MA
2. The Rebuild America Jobs Act - which would have created 11,000 job in MA
3. The Teachers and First Responders Back to Work Act - which would have invested
$591 million in MA to support up to 6,300 education jobs.
4. A jobs bill to renew the "Small Business Innovation Research" and "Small Business Technology Transfer" which prior to falling in line with his fellow Republicans he had stated the bill was "incredibly important for Massachusetts".

Since many believe that job creation should be one of our top priorities, I was wondering how you would have voted on the bills that Scott Brown voted against.

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Susanna J. Sturgis

10:52 am on Thursday, July 12, 2012

What a relief to see a comment in this thread by someone who actually knows something about the issues. Thanks, Informed Citizen!

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Tyler Seguin

11:03 am on Thursday, July 12, 2012

not that I doubt you, but can you provide more info? specific bills, etc? trying to look up the info, but striking out.. thanks

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MiddleOfTheRoad

4:09 pm on Thursday, July 12, 2012

Susanna. Just because everyone does not think the way you do does not make it wrong. Your statement regarding the rest of us is tragic.

Jackie. Here's something I haven't already made my mind up on.

Mrs. Warren, what is your favorite color?

Informed citizen. Everything you list would increase taxes. Doesn't the government get enough of our money already?(the answer is either yes or no)

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Doctor Jay

9:56 pm on Thursday, July 12, 2012

Well, thanks then to Sen. Brown for voting against another wasted trillion or so in fed.gov funny-money that would certainly result in far, far fewer than the number of jobs - if the actual results from the 2009 and 2010 "stimulus" bills are any indication - promised by the people who think we can borrow ourselves out of a fiscal problem caused by excessive debt.

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Tyler Seguin

11:59 am on Friday, July 13, 2012

read up on some of the things you posted. seems like it would have dug an even deeper hole in the already out of control deficit.

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Ouie Boscoe

12:15 pm on Friday, July 13, 2012

The truth behind these bills not passing is that the Democrats did not want them to.
This is how things work in politics. A party will bring up a bill that sounds good to the uninformed public but in reality it is crap and useless. Then that party ensures it will not pass such as the Democrats did here. And then they will blame the other party for it. And the lemmings will believe them.
The Democrats have the majority in the Senate and they could have easily passed any of these bills.

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Casey Meserve

11:46 am on Thursday, July 12, 2012

As a hockey fan, I love that someone named themselves Tyler Seguin. Too funny, but I wish folks would use real names.

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Mack

3:20 pm on Thursday, July 12, 2012

Why? In case someone you know posts a comment? Anonymous posts allow people to say what's on their minds without worrying about what their neighbors think about it. Some people abuse that freedom, but most stay civil...at least on Patch. Also, I personally don't want everything I ever write on a comment board to be readily searched and attributed to me. Frankly, I wish my kids and nieces and nephews would stop attaching their names to their inane posts. Colleges and employers can and do google their prospective students/employees. One stupid comment, tweet, post, or whatever, could burn them in the future.

Btw, it also allows people to use pedantic monickers that might imply that they are "informed" and therefore correct.

Sincerely,
Kevin McHale

Informed Citizen

11:57 am on Thursday, July 12, 2012

Tyler
American Jobs Act - Senate vote #160,10/11/2011;s. 1660
Rebuild American Jobs Act Senate vote #195;S.1769
The Teachers and First Responders Senate vote #177, 10/20/2011; S.1723

Just go to http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/18919/
and you will see his voting record

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Tyler Seguin

2:30 pm on Thursday, July 12, 2012

thank you, Informed Citizen.

Sam S.

3:21 pm on Thursday, July 12, 2012

Dear Elizabeth Warren,
The Citizens United Supreme Court Decision in 2010 highlighted the significant role that campaign contributions and lobbyists currently have as a central part our political system. What types of policies could we pass through Congress that would lead us average American citizens to regain faith that our elected officials will represent our interests above those of the special interest groups entrenched in Washington DC?

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Barbara Mulvey-Welsh

4:43 pm on Thursday, July 12, 2012

This is a really great question; I hope they use it.

Brian Bates

3:57 pm on Thursday, July 12, 2012

Mrs. Warren,
Since you have never posed nude in a national magazine, you are not married to a local celebrity, nor is your child a reality TV star, and your campaign is not paid for by the big oil companies, what makes you more qualified than Scott Brown?

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Mel Cross

1:20 pm on Friday, July 13, 2012

Brian,
She has posed as a native american, She also Assisted big business in defending them against Asbestos lawsuits. (Travelers vs. Baily) She was quite sucessful in defending Johns Manville against the consumers and Travelers Insurance has enjoyed immunity from the glorious work of Ms. Warren

Ouie Boscoe

6:11 pm on Thursday, July 12, 2012

Mrs. Warren
Since you are one of the 1% in the country are you willing to forego any pay or benefits while serving if You are elected to the Senate.

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Michael Johnson

8:56 pm on Thursday, July 12, 2012

Mrs. Warren

Would you sign a Pledge of Unity which would require to you to diligently work in a bi-partisian manner to solve the problems that are facing our country, to work for the interests of the country and its citizens and not for the interests of the party power base and special interest?

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Mel Cross

1:00 pm on Friday, July 13, 2012

Ms. Warren.
You claim to fight for the middle class, yet the middle class can no longer afford College. How do you justify your outrageous salary, a true 1%. College now only for the elite class. Shouldn't all colleges be the same price so their is equality in the ability of the middle class to enjoy the same benifits you do?

Mel Cross

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MiddleOfTheRoad

12:01 am on Saturday, July 14, 2012

OH MY GOD! I just read the interview with Liz. What a bunch of canned rhetoric that was. It looks like she wrote all her questions. Talk about playing softball. Not a single question asked was worthwhile. All it was were excerpts from a campaign speech. I thought you were looking for input from your readers.

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Bill Carson

7:14 am on Saturday, July 14, 2012

Several tribes objected to the Cape Cod wind turbines in Nantucket Sound. Former Sen. Edward Kennedy served notice that the fight over a controversial wind-turbine project off Cape Cod was far from over.

Native American rituals and beliefs have been an obstacle to federal approval of the nations first offshore wind farm.

If Professor Elizabeth Warren is Native American why didn't she come forward to help the religious beliefs of the Massachusetts Native Americans? Elizabeth needs to read about the Legend of Moshup the Giant which is an ancient creation story from the Native American oral tradition....

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Stumpgrinder

6:52 pm on Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Fauxcahontas and Captain Morgan make a great pair. Now she's done with another supporter. Where does she get these fans? .....and all of these ads proclaiming that we need to hold people accountable: Barney Frank isn't having his feet to the fire with everything he did to make sure those who couldn't afford their homes got one!

http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/inside-politics/2012/aug/27/taxi-driver-elizabeth-warren-scuffle-gop-tracker/print/

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