{"id":32472,"date":"2009-10-13T15:03:55","date_gmt":"2009-10-13T15:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/consumer_bill_in_trouble\/"},"modified":"2024-12-17T15:56:40","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T20:56:40","slug":"consumer-bill-in-trouble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/blog\/consumer-bill-in-trouble\/","title":{"rendered":"Consumer Bill In Trouble"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Consumers have been battered by the fall of the economy,  and a great deal of the blame for the collapse can be laid squarely on banks and other large financial institutions.  Having been saved by the federal government bailout, many are now opposing reforms which would protect consumers and help prevent these disasters from happening again.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow, the House Financial Services Committee will take up a number of reforms proposed by the Obama administration. Among the proposals the committee will tackle is the establishment of a new consumer financial protection agency.<\/p>\n<p>As proposed the new agency would regulate mortgages, credit cards, debit cards, installment loans and any other product issued by a financial institution.  However, leading the opposition to this new agency which would protect consumers is the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.  Make no mistake about it, this is not your local Chamber which fosters new business and donates to charitable causes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/blog\/consumer-bill-in-trouble\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Consumer Bill In Trouble\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Consumers have been battered by the fall of the economy, and a great deal of the blame for the collapse can be laid squarely on banks and other large financial institutions. 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