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Credit Card Interest Rates

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.
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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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Taxpayer Dollars Infuse Banks, Banks Raise Interest Rates on Credit Cards

October 13, 2008

When is someone going to put a stop to the screwing the banks are giving to the citizens? First we bail them out to save them. That wasn’t enough to satisfy the greed. They continue to raise credit card interest, even on people who pay on time and stay below the limits.
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