Reply #8: Congress should have halted their egregious interest rate raising. Yet they sat on their hands.

[flpoljunkie]

What Congress really need to do is bring back the usury laws--at least make commercial and investment banks abide by the 15% credit unions are allowed to charge--16% in special cases.

Standing up for the people and for what's right and fair would go a long way to get them reelected in 2010, but I am not holding my breath. They are too beholden to the campaign funds they receive from the banking and finance industries and the lobbyists who bundle campaign cash for them.

Why is it that Dick Durbin has only FIVE co-sponsors for his bill, S.752, the Fair Elections Now Act, public financing of federal campaigns. They do not want a level playing field.

We could ameliorate this greatly if we spoke up and voted in greater numbers, but, alas, we don't--to our great detriment.