I understand, at least broadly, what is in the credit card bill and I think it ......
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Tue May-19-09 09:40 PM
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Poll question: I understand, at least broadly, what is in the credit card bill and I think it ...... |
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Edited on Tue May-19-09 09:52 PM by Stinky The Clown
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Tue May-19-09 09:54 PM
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1. What are so many of you unhappy about? The only thing I don't like is that it doesn't have a cap |
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on allowable interest rates.
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Tue May-19-09 10:02 PM
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3. The lack of a rate cap is the sticking point |
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Its the elephant in the room, the ONE thing that should have been in the bill.........if Congress wasnt determined to serve the banks instead of their voters.
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Tue May-19-09 10:00 PM
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2. From what I understand, it sets much of the regulatory clock only |
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back to 2002, which is why it got such solid bipartisan support in the Senate.
It's not good. In fact, it's pretty bad. But it's a first step.
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Tue May-19-09 10:13 PM
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4. No cheap credit - why would there be? Loansharks and credit cards |
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give loans without collateral - at least the bill prevents the out and out falsehoods of credit cards.
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exhortations against usury.
I guess all those Bible thumping right wingers didn't notice.
And the Dems have been bought and paid for by the bankers.
We consumers are fucked.
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