Elizabeth Warren is a symbol of the hypocrisy of the left. With one hand she and those of her ilk denounce capitalism as greed and with the other they hoard as much money as they can for themselves:

Elizabeth Warren — who hauled in an eye-popping $5.7 million the last three months of 2011 — refused to swear off Wall Street money yesterday, instead claiming that any money she gets from deep-pocketed financiers is coming from those who “want reform.”

“There are people on Wall Street who actually believe we need better rules, fairer rules,” Warren said last night as she toured small businesses in Davis Square in Somerville.

“That’s what I stand for. I’ve gone toe-to-toe with these financial institutions. A lot of people understand if you don’t have tough rules and a tough cop on the beat, the whole system is going to come down around us.”

Warren, who has portrayed herself as a Wall Street opponent and a pioneer of the Occupy movement, has acknowledged receiving donations from Wall Street financiers. Last night, she refused to reveal how much of her massive campaign cash haul came from financial execs and instead accused Republican U.S. Sen. Scott Brown of being Wall Street’s candidate.

“The Wall Street guys have been meeting aggressively to say, ‘How many different ways can we fund Scott Brown to make sure Elizabeth Warren does not go to the United States Senate?’” she said.

How funny is this lady? This is a woman who made over $700,000 in two years yet rails against the rich for being greedy? This is the same person who claimed that “There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own,” denouncing anyone who used public roads or publicly educated employes to make money, completely misunderstanding that businesses and entrepreneurs put in more money through taxes and their businesses than anyone else in the country. Those are the people paying for public schools and roads and are more than deserving to make a profit.

Anyone who doesn’t understand basic economics has no business in the U.S. Senate.