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Join the National Call-In Week and Call Your Senator Today!The process is easy and the message is clear: Congress must rein in the reckless greedy behavior of Wall Street and create an independent Consumer Financial Protection Agency! More than a...
The recent economic stimulus package included billions of education dollars. We all know that whenever large sums of money are involved, it is of utmost importance to follow its trail -- right from the start! How else do we know...
While the banks sit high and mighty on their perch on the shoulders of the average American citizen, homeowners struggle to come to terms with the fact that the banks simply do not care about helping them out. Today's economy...
Harvard Law Professor and Chairman of the TARP Oversight Committee, Elizabeth Warren made another appearance on The Daily Show last night. When sharing her knowledgeable viewpoint on CEO's, banks and people in power she declared, "They get it. And they...
It turns out that the biggest weapon we as consumers have to wield against financial predatory practices (the one that scares big banks the most) is one of my own personal heroes Harvard Law Professor and Chairman of the TARP...
As bankers gathered in Chicago this week, thousands of consumers from across the country showed up in Chicago too. Protesters are calling on these banks who received billions in our taxpayer bailout money to help consumers who have fallen...
Even in a good economy, the debt collector comes knocking. However, in a bad economy, he knocks a little bit louder and a lot longer. As the unemployment rate climbs and fewer people can make good on their debts -debt...
As Chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel, created to oversee the U.S. banking bailout, formally known as the Troubled Assets Relief Program, (aka TARP) first developed the idea to create a new Consumer Financial Protection Agency as part of much...
Even in this time of economic crises brought about by greed, corruption and massive fraud, the financial industry is vowing to wage a major battle against a proposed Consumer Financial Protection Agency introduced as HR 3126, whose mission would be to protect consumers. Why...
As an update to yesterday's blog on bank employees speaking out against predatory practices -today comes with claims that some bank employees felt forced to take part in illegal debt collection practices as well as"pushing premium services to those who...
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- Tell Congress to Restore Consumer Protections; Sign Petition in Support of Consumer Watchdog Agency
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- Elizabeth Warren Offers Finanical Chicken Soup for the Soul...
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- Identity Thieves Targeting Online Job Seekers
- Tell Congress to Read the Ten Principals to Guide Regulation for Consumer Protection -then follow them!
- Big Fight to get Funding for Legal Services to Help Stop Illegal Foreclosures
- FBI Warns Work-at-Home Scams are on the Rise...
- Borrowers facing foreclosure also facing run-around from lenders
- Tax Season Brings out Scammers; IRS Warns of Phone and E-mail Scams
- Federal Lawsuit; Id Theft Victim Claims "Negligent Issuance of Credit" root cause of Identity Theft Epidemic...and Current Financial Meltdown
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A memoir exposing the steep price consumers pay when facing mortgage servicing errors, inaccurate credit reporting, illegal debt collection practices, identity theft and weak consumer protection laws. THE BOOK » DENISE'S STORY »

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