Friday, September 25, 2009

Consumer Protection Fight

Reform health insurance and you have to deal with big insurance in form of a massive counter media blitz to angry mobs.

Obama also wants to reform banking products like bad mortgages and credit cards. He wants full disclosure, consumer protection measures, and a consumer protection agency. Will Nader blush.

Surprise, banks don't like the idea.

McClatchy: Banks fight to kill proposed consumer protection agency
The Obama administration is asking Congress to create a new Consumer Financial Protection Agency to regulate consumer financial products ranging from credit cards to mortgages, and to simplify disclosure about them all.

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