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Farm Bill Still Giving out Corporate Handouts to Big Ag

Thursday, June 21, 2012
By | Emily Rusch
State Director

Instead of embracing reform, the Senate decided to continue to send tens of billions of taxpayer dollars to Big Ag. 

CFPB launches searchable credit card complaint database today

Tuesday, June 19, 2012
By | Ed Mierzwinski
Consumer Program Director

Joining agencies including those that regulate cars (NHTSA's safercar.gov), toys and other consumer p roducts (CPSC's saferproducts.gov), medical devices (FDA's Maude) and airline service (DOT's sorta clunky Air Travel Consumer Protection Report), today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rolls out a searchable online complaint database (goes live 8am EST). The CFPB's new tool will be limited to credit cards to start, but other financial products will be added.

As Wireless Plans Change, Consumers Are Priced Out

Thursday, June 14, 2012
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Verizon announced earlier this week that they would no longer be offering customers cheaper options for limited voice and text plans, shifting to unlimited voice and text minutes instead. While this change may benefit families or business on shared accounts, it will lead to price hikes for most individual smart-phone users.

Why Target Is Still a Target

Wednesday, June 13, 2012
By | Pedro Morillas
Legislative Director

Two years ago, the public spoke out against the Supreme Court’s decision to allow unlimited corporate spending in politics when consumers boycotted Target Corporation for controversial political spending in Minnesota’s state elections. 

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