Steve Mnuchin Quotes

I'm short-selling my house. I have more loans than I can sell the house for. The house will not go into foreclosure. It will be a short sale. I can't afford the house as I once could.

Video artists being at the low end of the totem pole economically, one of the ways we survive is to go around showing work and giving these talks.

There's not much money in Tallahassee. Not many people can leave Tallahassee because they don't have the means.

Across the country military families are facing dire financial circumstances due to longer than expected tours of duties. They are being penalized for their patriotism - no one should have to choose between doing right by their country and doing right by their families.

The problem with not saving is it can often mean you're - a crisis away from, as we've seen in some cases, living in your car or losing your home or - having your lights shut off.

We owe an enormous debt of gratitude to those who serve or have served in our country's military, as well as to the families of those individuals. Whether protecting our freedoms in foreign fields or making contributions here at home, the value these men and women bring to the American workforce and our way of life is beyond measure.

Today, only 2 percent of the people know the name of someone serving in uniform. That means 2 percent of your listeners can actually conjure up the image of someone wearing the uniform of the military of the United States.

I have great respect and understanding for military commitment due to my own family's involvement with the armed forces.

Less than 1 percent of American have served in 12 years of war, and serious public conversation about military policy is sorely lacking.

Some economists estimate that for every family that goes bankrupt, there are about 15 more who are in the same amount of financial trouble and would profit from bankruptcy but just haven't filed.

Trapped in the bureaucracy nightmare, real families suffer when the big banks and their servicers force foreclosures. The emotional toll on children packing up their rooms and on parents struggling to find a temporary roof is a deep one.

I rescue families who are losing their homes because they have no jobs and they can't pay the mortgage and the banks are foreclosing on their homes.

There should be a 5% tax break for people who served in the military…. We are developing a class divide in military, service. Very few people who have brought us this war have served in the military and very view of their children have served.

nothing more afflicts the mind of man than Poverty

There should be no military action authorized by the United States that does not include income and corporate tax surcharges … sufficient to cover all the operating costs of the war and to create a trust fund to supply lifetime support for those who serve and sacrifice in the war.

Less than one percent of our population is fighting our country’s wars, so the promises we make to our soldiers must be kept

My situation is inexpressibly distressing, to see the winter frost approaching upon a naked army, the time of their service within a few weeks of expiring, and no provision yet made for such important events. The military chest is totally exhausted; the paymaster has not a single dollar; the quartermaster the same; the greater part of the troops are not far from mutiny, upon the deduction from their stated allowances : if there is not more punctuality in future, the army must absolutely break up

More than a quarter of mortgage borrowers are underwater, and 11 percent of all homes are vacant.

I grew up in a family struggling for work.

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.

Foreclosure is nothing new. And it certainly will always be a fact of life for some.

I'm a strong supporter of the military.

I know what it's like to have a house repossessed... I've been there.

I've spent most of my life like most Americans - without any immediate connection to active duty military.

I know what it feels like to hit financial turmoil, to be hit with the threat of losing your home. I kept working, I kept looking for resources to improve my situation.