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Credit Card Interest Rates Up to 79.9%

December 22, 2009
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Remember when the Senate set out to help consumers with all that small print on their credit card statements and contracts?  And, what a fine job they did!
During the past few months even the better credit risk credit card holders have seen their interest rates soar to 29.9%.  Others have seen their credit limits be [...]

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What Consumer Protection? The Credit Card Farce

November 25, 2009

Remember the old joke about the three biggest lies in the world?  It started with “I’m from the IRS and I’m here to help you.”  I will leave it to your memory to come up with the other two.  Well, perhaps we now have the fourth greatest lie… consumer protection from credit card banks.
For those who still [...]

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American Public Wins in House over Credit Card Banks

April 30, 2009

Perhaps, it was the November election of President Barack Obama that helped wake up Congress.  Or, perhaps the banks are short of lobby cash to pay off the reps and senators.  Or, perhaps change is really happening.
Whatever is going on, the House of Representatives slapped the banks and bankers today when they voted on some [...]

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