"Prof Summers is right on Tom Mennino's attention to the details of everyday life. Those of us who live in cities aren't concerned with macroeconomic policies. We want to know if our streets are safe, will the trash be collected, can we drink the public water, will our children be educated, can we afford to live in our houses? Macroeconomics has destroyed the world as we knew it."
By NDR-Boston on Why Americans don’t trust government

"The hardest time was at the start of my banking career. My friends thought I was rich but really I'd made a huge mistake on housing, faced 15% interest and my mortgage ate almost all my post-tax income. I used my bonuses to pay down the mortgage and lived off sandwiches and baked beans - these people ought to do the same if they can't afford the luxuries they'd like."
By SojournInSing on ‘We’re struggling to get by on £200,000 a year’