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cal04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 12:00 PM Original message |
President Obama to clamp down on credit card abuses |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. We don't need is "clamp down". What we do need is................ |
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primavera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 12:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Exactly |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
2. Excellent. nt |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
3. About damned time. The Bush era needs to be over. |
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checks-n-balances (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
4. k&r - Hope both branches of gov't don't back down |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
6. Better 31 years late than never |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
7. It is too late to help me if they do not force the credit card companies |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
8. We need to reapply usury laws -- especially on Student Loans which are infinite . . . |
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SpartanDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
9. Good this industry |
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OnyxCollie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
10. Discover just sent me a letter. |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 04:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. If you say "NO", the worst they can do is cancel your account - at the current rate. n/t |
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OnyxCollie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 04:39 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I'm going to pay what I can |
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Qutzupalotl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 06:42 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Read the fine print before you transfer. |
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prolesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 04:56 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. I got the same letter |
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dogfacedboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 01:42 PM Response to Reply #10 |
24. I got a letter from HSBC cutting my limit. |
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WatchWhatISay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
11. Nice talk, but I don't believe they will have the nerve to tell banks how much |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
13. Now Obama is **starting** to get to the heart of the nation's economic problems. |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
15. How 'bout we cut interest rates to 9.9% max.? |
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melm00se (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 05:18 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. playing devils advocate |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 05:52 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Why not use taxes to "control inflation?" |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 07:02 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. lol just wait until the "control" on inflation caused by huge deficits kicks in |
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Terry in Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 02:30 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. And where did the inflation come from in the first place? |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
17. I won't hold my breath waiting for it to happen. |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
22. Giving his performance so far, I don't believe him. |
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4_TN_TITANS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
23. Coming from Larry Summers, this is not exactly comforting... |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
25. "they wouldn't have paid if they knew what they were getting themselves into" |
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Blackhatjack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
26. The "horse is already out of the barn" unless they roll back rates and fees |
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