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What Pandemic? Trump CFPB Director Kraninger Readies Rules Enriching Trump’s Payday Lending Donors
Not even a pandemic and looming recession can keep Director Kraninger from empowering predatory lenders to rip off vulnerable consumers.
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Beyond the Pale: Mnunchin’s Treasury Says Stimulus Checks Fair Game To Cover Consumer Debts
After a third of U.S. renters couldn’t make rent this month, the Treasury Department is pointing out opportunities for banks and debt collectors to steal Americans’ relief checks out from under them.
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The Big Con: Hedge Fund Managers Masquerade as Small Businesses to Demand Bailout Money
Hedge fund managers don’t pay their fair share in taxes, cater exclusively to the wealthiest investors, and routinely engage in predatory financial practices that hurt Main Street.
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Airline CEOs Suggest Salary Cuts a Shared Sacrifice with Unpaid Workers, Neglect to Mention It’s Only Fraction of Their Annual Compensation
Airline CEOs that want plaudits for taking a salary cut neglect to mention their salaries only make up a fraction of their annual compensation.
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Where Is Eugene Scalia? Trump Labor Secretary Ignores Worker Struggles During COVID-19 Crisis
After a staggering ten million Americans joined the unemployment ranks in two weeks’ time, Trump Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia has been conspicuously absent from the national response.
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Former CFPB Director Cordray Is Right: Kathy Kraninger Should Halt Unnecessary Rulemaking
Every minute the Trump CFPB wastes conducting its usual business doing favors for predatory lenders and greedy banks is critical time they’re not devoting to keeping consumers safe and secure as the economy races towards recession.
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Trump Listening to Right-Wing Trolls Over Dr. Fauci
The President should listen to the medical experts first in a public health emergency and drown out the noise from people who make a living trafficking in fear and division.
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$50 Billion Airline Bailout Now in Works as McConnell Senate Drags Feet on Basic Aid and Testing for Vulnerable Families
President Trump and his Senate backers must get their priorities in order and focus on establishing a baseline of health, food and economic security for everyday families impacted by the coronavirus crisis before they give giant bailouts to industries like the luxury cruise lines and airlines that made billions of dollars in profits last year.