"The needs are rising exponentially and we are broke, " said Marixie Mercado, a spokeswoman for children's charity Unicef.

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We are broke and we can not afford to police the world anymore.

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Two: Agree we are broke and we can not afford the status quo.

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Hopefully this will put some perspective on the fact that we are broke beyond broke and we can not sustain the status quo.

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They argue that we should not be extending credit at a time when we are broke, we should not be picking winners and losers, and that these sorts of transactions amount to crony capitalism and favor big businesses.

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Stay the course, they counsel, we are not really broke.

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We are here today only because our parents and our grandparents, they broke their backs to support us. (Applause.) But they also understood that they would get a little bit of help from their country.

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How are we doing so poorly as retirement savers that we rank below an Eastern European country that only broke away from the Czech Republic two decades ago?

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We still don't have the final report as to whether people broke ankles or broke legs, which are common in such drops.

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We worked to secure health care for 4 million children, including the children of legal immigrants. (Applause.) And we are implementing health reform for all who've been abused by insurance companies, and all who fear about going broke if they get sick.

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