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| -States may ban credit checks on job applicants |
tonysam |
Mar-01-10 03:01 PM |
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Bad credit makes you a bad driver too. |
hobbit709 |
Mar-01-10 03:02 PM |
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I know, it's it's utter bullshit. The insurance commissioner in Washington |
SeattleGirl |
Mar-01-10 04:49 PM |
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Good luck with that |
customerserviceguy |
Mar-02-10 07:12 AM |
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Yes, if you don't have a pre-existing condition, i.e. tickets or accidents, they |
change_notfinetuning |
Mar-02-10 08:22 AM |
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All kinds of phony reasons to pay more. Too young, too old, bad neighborhood. |
Raschel |
Mar-02-10 11:09 AM |
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I asked my agent about this a few years back |
AllyCat |
Mar-02-10 08:28 AM |
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The other stunt they pull is not being previously insured. |
hobbit709 |
Mar-02-10 08:37 AM |
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Ever hear of Cure Auto Insurance? |
jmowreader |
Mar-02-10 08:37 AM |
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Yes. They need to ban credit checks for insurance companies also. |
Raschel |
Mar-02-10 10:56 AM |
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that should have been done a loooooong time ago |
Scout |
Mar-01-10 03:02 PM |
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You are so right. The rich always find ways to screw the poor or |
peggygirl |
Mar-01-10 05:49 PM |
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Even then (cash handling) - which dictates a criminal background check. To run a credit check |
groovedaddy |
Mar-02-10 10:19 AM |
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K&R. About goddamn time. |
Greyhound |
Mar-01-10 03:04 PM |
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Good!! I never understood the reasoning behind those checks |
Ecumenist |
Mar-01-10 03:09 PM |
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My employee have access to other people's money as well as lots of personal information |
AngryAmish |
Mar-01-10 03:18 PM |
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so how would YOU feel if your employees ran your credit? |
Donnachaidh |
Mar-01-10 03:22 PM |
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You see, I pay them. |
AngryAmish |
Mar-01-10 03:25 PM |
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but you STILL *require* someone to subject their private information to you |
Donnachaidh |
Mar-01-10 04:46 PM |
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Mar-02-10 07:36 AM |
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Mar-01-10 09:03 PM |
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How do they know you will pay them |
kirby |
Mar-02-10 08:13 AM |
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That's a good point. Over the course of my work life, I have had 3 paychecks bounce |
laughingliberal |
Mar-02-10 08:56 AM |
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"...but it was a lag of about a week til my bank notified me and they were able to cut a new check" |
KansDem |
Mar-02-10 12:26 PM |
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employer's credit check |
guyton |
Mar-02-10 09:10 AM |
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Mar-02-10 09:10 AM |
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And how do they know you pay YOUR bills? How do they know your check to them won't bounce. |
Raineyb |
Mar-02-10 11:46 AM |
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I wish you COULD run a potential employer's credit history |
jmowreader |
Mar-02-10 08:47 AM |
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I do too. There are a few former bosses I'd love to run through the ringer |
Wapsie B |
Mar-02-10 12:08 PM |
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sometimes, if you don't pay a debt, you're just out of money |
villager |
Mar-01-10 03:37 PM |
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or the credit card doubled your interest rates. |
amyrose2712 |
Mar-02-10 10:25 AM |
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there's that -- you were being careful, and planning, and *they* were being rapacious |
villager |
Mar-02-10 10:49 AM |
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Just because they haven't paid something, you automatically |
Ecumenist |
Mar-01-10 03:50 PM |
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Be sure and let us know the name of your business |
Missy Vixen |
Mar-01-10 03:55 PM |
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My point exactly, Missy. nt |
Ecumenist |
Mar-01-10 03:56 PM |
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We won't find out what his business is |
Missy Vixen |
Mar-01-10 03:59 PM |
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All my employees know I am running credit checks |
AngryAmish |
Mar-01-10 04:30 PM |
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so WHY do YOU refuse to do the same? |
Donnachaidh |
Mar-01-10 04:48 PM |
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Ever stop to think that bad credit may reflect nothing more than being unemployed long term? |
stopbush |
Mar-01-10 11:49 PM |
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Then its a two way street... |
twitomy |
Mar-02-10 05:24 AM |
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Has your business ever been late on payments to creditors? |
stopbush |
Mar-01-10 04:38 PM |
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Actually there are business credit reports. |
mwooldri |
Mar-02-10 10:16 AM |
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That is true. |
wolfgangmo |
Mar-02-10 11:45 AM |
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Sounds like BULLSHIT to me. If you have a major medical problem without insurance you are going to |
Vincardog |
Mar-01-10 07:53 PM |
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i'm untrustworthy because i miss a debt payment? |
fizzgig |
Mar-01-10 08:14 PM |
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What a pantload. We've done this before and you're still as wrong today as you were then. |
Greyhound |
Mar-01-10 09:22 PM |
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Credit rises and falls with opportunity and lack |
verdalaven |
Mar-02-10 05:30 AM |
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What a load of shit. "I don't expect perfect credit..." |
Raster |
Mar-02-10 05:50 AM |
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Do your credit checks take interest rates into account? |
Mopar151 |
Mar-02-10 06:02 AM |
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It's understandable if we're talking about bank tellers & the like, but not most jobs. |
backscatter712 |
Mar-02-10 07:17 AM |
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Every white-collar criminal I know of had a stellar credit rating |
blueworld |
Mar-02-10 08:04 AM |
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A very typical Republican, corporate argument. |
freddie mertz |
Mar-02-10 08:08 AM |
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Your assumptions are so offbase |
Tailormyst |
Mar-02-10 08:35 AM |
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If you are Amish - I'm a victoria secrets model. |
wolfgangmo |
Mar-02-10 11:26 AM |
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A criminal record check would be more of a better indicator in this case. |
mwooldri |
Mar-02-10 11:53 AM |
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Mar-02-10 12:03 PM |
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Wow just wow |
Boudica the Lyoness |
Mar-02-10 02:25 PM |
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credit checks |
whathappened |
Mar-02-10 03:32 PM |
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Kick for visibility n/t |
tonysam |
Mar-01-10 03:09 PM |
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Good! It's bloody ridiculous to think that one's money problems means one |
Raineyb |
Mar-01-10 03:11 PM |
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K&R |
leftstreet |
Mar-01-10 03:11 PM |
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A Transunion rep even admitted that there was no evidence that it mattered. |
Gormy Cuss |
Mar-01-10 03:12 PM |
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This is a necessary reform |
KingFlorez |
Mar-01-10 03:14 PM |
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Try buying different types of insurance |
AnnInLa |
Mar-01-10 03:25 PM |
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A-BLOODY-MEN, AnnInLa! |
Ecumenist |
Mar-01-10 03:54 PM |
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Especially when insurance companies issue credit cards..n/t |
Mopar151 |
Mar-02-10 06:08 AM |
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K&R - I think this is a good idea, as long as there are reasonable exceptions |
slackmaster |
Mar-01-10 03:32 PM |
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K & R. n/t |
FSogol |
Mar-01-10 03:39 PM |
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There's already a bill in congress, but it's not going anywhere. |
bushmeister0 |
Mar-01-10 03:59 PM |
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See this thread, too |
Dogmudgeon |
Mar-01-10 04:10 PM |
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as they should |
tabbycat31 |
Mar-01-10 04:37 PM |
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Good!!! |
Lyric |
Mar-01-10 04:41 PM |
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Another kick for visibility |
tonysam |
Mar-01-10 05:28 PM |
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I'll bet Walmart doesn't do credit checks |
Canuckistanian |
Mar-01-10 05:46 PM |
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In some cases they do |
jmowreader |
Mar-02-10 08:53 AM |
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Another kick for the evening crowd |
tonysam |
Mar-01-10 06:40 PM |
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we should ban all of these out of control checks |
upi402 |
Mar-01-10 07:55 PM |
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but it makes sense in our authoritarian corporatocracy |
branders seine |
Mar-01-10 08:11 PM |
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K & R |
DisgustedInMN |
Mar-01-10 09:04 PM |
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I did a blog post about this |
tabbycat31 |
Mar-01-10 09:08 PM |
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Since I graduated university I've been unemployed half the time |
XemaSab |
Mar-01-10 09:26 PM |
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What if you have no credit and you're qualified for the job? |
Jkid |
Mar-01-10 09:37 PM |
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It my former employer paid me a decent salary I wouldn't have bad credit. |
Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel |
Mar-02-10 12:11 AM |
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It's almost done in Oregon. |
travelingtypist |
Mar-02-10 12:17 AM |
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It's a matter of security clearance for some jobs |
PhD |
Mar-02-10 12:21 AM |
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So is drinking too much and cheating on your wife. |
Raster |
Mar-02-10 05:52 AM |
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Not to mention casino gambling! |
Mopar151 |
Mar-02-10 06:11 AM |
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Actually no. Financial distress is THE big one. |
jmowreader |
Mar-02-10 09:01 AM |
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And what does this have to do with getting some job in the private sector? |
Raineyb |
Mar-02-10 11:55 AM |
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We were discussing credit checks and security clearances |
jmowreader |
Mar-02-10 09:13 PM |
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And yet they hand the keys to the bank vault to those with a silver spoon up their ass ... |
wolfgangmo |
Mar-02-10 12:59 PM |
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about time... !!! |
sam sarrha |
Mar-02-10 05:05 AM |
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There's other ways to check trustworthiness |
onlyadream |
Mar-02-10 07:32 AM |
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This should be banned at the federal level. |
freddie mertz |
Mar-02-10 08:05 AM |
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We revisited the movie Catch 22 recently. Then it was a shock, now its the rat race. |
earcandle |
Mar-02-10 08:28 AM |
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Kick people when they're down. Big Business's solution to increasing profits. |
change_notfinetuning |
Mar-02-10 09:11 AM |
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Wish I could upvote this more! |
Dappleganger |
Mar-02-10 09:28 AM |
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It won't be long before there's no one left to hire |
lunatica |
Mar-02-10 09:30 AM |
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bad credit makes you a bad physician too |
ElsewheresDaughter |
Mar-02-10 09:52 AM |
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Vicious cycle |
Horse with no Name |
Mar-02-10 09:54 AM |
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Some of the best news |
pecwae |
Mar-02-10 10:20 AM |
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Amen |
DirkGently |
Mar-02-10 10:38 AM |
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HR flacks are right up there with insurance adjusters |
wolfgangmo |
Mar-02-10 11:18 AM |
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Good! A credit score rarely has anything to do with a person's employability |
AllyCat |
Mar-02-10 11:25 AM |
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Good! A credit score rarely has anything to do with a person's employability |
AllyCat |
Mar-02-10 11:25 AM |
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And renting an apartment....? |
femrap |
Mar-02-10 11:29 AM |
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This Genie had done left the bottle. Anyone can now run a credit check on anybody else now. |
IsItJustMe |
Mar-02-10 11:42 AM |
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That is good....in times like this... |
winyanstaz |
Mar-02-10 12:34 PM |
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Every person or company that requires a "Credit Check"... |
rasputin1952 |
Mar-02-10 12:55 PM |
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How stupid to hold people's bad credit against them in the middle of a depression?? |
DesertDiamond |
Mar-02-10 12:56 PM |
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A good first step. Next, regulate what the reports can include, or not include, |
Waiting For Everyman |
Mar-02-10 02:08 PM |
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Funny how there are no "credit checks" when getting billions of dollars in bailouts... |
liberation |
Mar-02-10 02:25 PM |
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As the bully society, we should embrace credit checks... |
Deep13 |
Mar-02-10 02:51 PM |
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Honored to be Rec # 131! |
David Zephyr |
Mar-02-10 02:52 PM |
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Poor credit is an adverse attribute that could indicate susceptibility via bribery. |
OneTenthofOnePercent |
Mar-02-10 03:01 PM |
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my blog post on the subject |
tabbycat31 |
Mar-02-10 09:14 PM |
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Need we more proof that when it comes to business, Americans are cannibals. |
gtar100 |
Mar-04-10 12:36 AM |
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Good. I don't trust HR/management with this info... |
WorseBeforeBetter |
Mar-04-10 12:51 AM |
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This Should Be The Law in EVERY State I believe its an Infringement on Our Rights!!! |
Corey_Baker08 |
Mar-04-10 01:02 AM |
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Excellent idea. Should have been done years ago. nt |
BlueIris |
Mar-04-10 04:15 AM |
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