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		<title>By: Wizard Prang</title>
		<link>http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2009/07/06/congress-raised-your-credit-card-costs/#comment-19439</link>
		<dc:creator>Wizard Prang</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:16:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I agree that the Fed should be abolished... but I am not sure how that would eliminate the need for the income tax or it&#039;s equivalent....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree that the Fed should be abolished&#8230; but I am not sure how that would eliminate the need for the income tax or it&#8217;s equivalent&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: Overdraft protection practices draw ire, legislation - Homeland Stupidity</title>
		<link>http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2009/07/06/congress-raised-your-credit-card-costs/#comment-19438</link>
		<dc:creator>Overdraft protection practices draw ire, legislation - Homeland Stupidity</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:26:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] case you missed that news, Maloney is Public Enemy Number One for every credit card holder in the U.S. who saw their rates rise earlier this year after President Obama signed her so-called Credit Card Act in May. The Federal [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] case you missed that news, Maloney is Public Enemy Number One for every credit card holder in the U.S. who saw their rates rise earlier this year after President Obama signed her so-called Credit Card Act in May. The Federal [...]</p>
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		<title>By: New America</title>
		<link>http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2009/07/06/congress-raised-your-credit-card-costs/#comment-19437</link>
		<dc:creator>New America</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:09:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies...&quot; - Thomas Jefferson

Article I, Section 8, Clause 5, of the United States Constitution provides that Congress shall have the power to coin money and regulate the value thereof and of any foreign coins. But that is not the case. The United States government has no power to issue money, control the flow of money, or to even distribute it - that belongs to a private corporation registered in the State of Delaware - the Federal Reserve Bank.

The Federal Reserve is controlled by private banking interest and by Presidential appointment - but it is still a private organization and not a government entity. In 1913, President Wilson&#039;s creation of the Federal Reserve System established a three-tier monetary system in the United States - the holders of money (public, government, business and institutions; the commercial banks that borrow from the public and issue loans; and the central bank or Federal Reserve that has a monopoly on the issuing of money. The Federal Reserve is technically owned by the commercial banks.

The monetary policy of the United States is the domain of the Federal Resene Bank and not the government. This process is in direct contradiction of the U.S. Constitution that reposes the responsibility of the monetary system with the Congress of the United States. The Federal Reserve can create money out of nothing, simply printing it, lending it and printing more.

Representative Charles A. Lindberg, Sr., the father of the famous aviator, was a member of thc Banking and Currency Committee. He opposed the Federal Reserve Act and gave a speech on January 20, 1915. &quot;The system is private, conducted for the sole purpose of obtaining the greatest possible profits from the use of other people&#039;s money, and in the interest of the stockholders and those allied with them.&quot; Representative Louis T. McFadden, chairman of the Housing Banking and Currency Committee, stated on June 10,1932, &quot;Some people think the Federal Reserve Banks are United States Government institutions. They are not Government institutions. They are privatc credit monopolies that prey upon the people of the United States for the benefit of themselves and their foreign and domestic swindlers; and rich and predatory money lenders.&quot;

If the Federal Reserve Bank were demolished and the Congress of the United States took control of the currency, as required in the Constitution, the National Debt would virtually end overnight, and the need for more taxes and even the income tax, itself.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies&#8230;&#8221; &#8211; Thomas Jefferson</p>
<p>Article I, Section 8, Clause 5, of the United States Constitution provides that Congress shall have the power to coin money and regulate the value thereof and of any foreign coins. But that is not the case. The United States government has no power to issue money, control the flow of money, or to even distribute it &#8211; that belongs to a private corporation registered in the State of Delaware &#8211; the Federal Reserve Bank.</p>
<p>The Federal Reserve is controlled by private banking interest and by Presidential appointment &#8211; but it is still a private organization and not a government entity. In 1913, President Wilson&#8217;s creation of the Federal Reserve System established a three-tier monetary system in the United States &#8211; the holders of money (public, government, business and institutions; the commercial banks that borrow from the public and issue loans; and the central bank or Federal Reserve that has a monopoly on the issuing of money. The Federal Reserve is technically owned by the commercial banks.</p>
<p>The monetary policy of the United States is the domain of the Federal Resene Bank and not the government. This process is in direct contradiction of the U.S. Constitution that reposes the responsibility of the monetary system with the Congress of the United States. The Federal Reserve can create money out of nothing, simply printing it, lending it and printing more.</p>
<p>Representative Charles A. Lindberg, Sr., the father of the famous aviator, was a member of thc Banking and Currency Committee. He opposed the Federal Reserve Act and gave a speech on January 20, 1915. &#8220;The system is private, conducted for the sole purpose of obtaining the greatest possible profits from the use of other people&#8217;s money, and in the interest of the stockholders and those allied with them.&#8221; Representative Louis T. McFadden, chairman of the Housing Banking and Currency Committee, stated on June 10,1932, &#8220;Some people think the Federal Reserve Banks are United States Government institutions. They are not Government institutions. They are privatc credit monopolies that prey upon the people of the United States for the benefit of themselves and their foreign and domestic swindlers; and rich and predatory money lenders.&#8221;</p>
<p>If the Federal Reserve Bank were demolished and the Congress of the United States took control of the currency, as required in the Constitution, the National Debt would virtually end overnight, and the need for more taxes and even the income tax, itself.</p>
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		<title>By: Rich</title>
		<link>http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2009/07/06/congress-raised-your-credit-card-costs/#comment-19436</link>
		<dc:creator>Rich</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:51:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bank of America raised my minimum payment to three times the minimum payment was before.

By the way that was over two years ago(not 2009) and my credit rating was A+.

I&#039;m disabled so I went the route of credit consolidation and all my cards were shredded.

I made arrangements for reduced payments with BOA before I went to consolidation and the next month they changed their own policy and still wanted more than the agreed amount for payment.

I&#039;ll never do business with BOA again and I&#039;d advise people to do the same.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bank of America raised my minimum payment to three times the minimum payment was before.</p>
<p>By the way that was over two years ago(not 2009) and my credit rating was A+.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m disabled so I went the route of credit consolidation and all my cards were shredded.</p>
<p>I made arrangements for reduced payments with BOA before I went to consolidation and the next month they changed their own policy and still wanted more than the agreed amount for payment.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll never do business with BOA again and I&#8217;d advise people to do the same.</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous in Texas</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anonymous in Texas</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:46:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>We got the letter from Chase and it due to go from 10% to 15% October 1st. My feelings are that we need to pay up the cards, and close the accounts.  If enough people do this then the big banks are going to feel the pinch.  Quite frankly what needs to happen is to take back the TARP funds and if they make it fine, if not, then that&#039;s OK in my book. Heck if the banks quite loaning any money then the auto industry as we know it is done...the real estate industry is done...heck the USA as we know it is done. But of course the greed that prevails in the banking industry is by far more important than the health of our country.  I say to HELL with all of you in the banking industry and once my few credit cards are paid off...you&#039;ll never get me back.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We got the letter from Chase and it due to go from 10% to 15% October 1st. My feelings are that we need to pay up the cards, and close the accounts.  If enough people do this then the big banks are going to feel the pinch.  Quite frankly what needs to happen is to take back the TARP funds and if they make it fine, if not, then that&#8217;s OK in my book. Heck if the banks quite loaning any money then the auto industry as we know it is done&#8230;the real estate industry is done&#8230;heck the USA as we know it is done. But of course the greed that prevails in the banking industry is by far more important than the health of our country.  I say to HELL with all of you in the banking industry and once my few credit cards are paid off&#8230;you&#8217;ll never get me back.</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
		<link>http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2009/07/06/congress-raised-your-credit-card-costs/#comment-19434</link>
		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:21:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Michael:

Some of that was in the name of the credit card company, by their &quot;delinquent accounts department&quot;.   The rest was by several different collection agencies.   Of course the one that threatened to send the n word after my mom and that they would then rape her had its official corporate mailing address as the exact same address down to the same suite but a different &quot;mail stop&quot; as the credit card delinquent accounts department.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Michael:</p>
<p>Some of that was in the name of the credit card company, by their &#8220;delinquent accounts department&#8221;.   The rest was by several different collection agencies.   Of course the one that threatened to send the n word after my mom and that they would then rape her had its official corporate mailing address as the exact same address down to the same suite but a different &#8220;mail stop&#8221; as the credit card delinquent accounts department.</p>
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		<title>By: rich</title>
		<link>http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2009/07/06/congress-raised-your-credit-card-costs/#comment-19433</link>
		<dc:creator>rich</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:38:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>a business must always assume a ten percent loss. the higher interest rates in itself, offsets loss. go bankrupt if things get out of hand. yea, contracts are bindable, but then again, life is way to short to let a credit card company harrass you. they know a certain amount of people are going to default. boo hoo credit card companies, as much as everbody would like to retain perfect credit, we would also, like the economy to rebound, opportunities to open up, and for our government to stop selling its citizens down the river.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>a business must always assume a ten percent loss. the higher interest rates in itself, offsets loss. go bankrupt if things get out of hand. yea, contracts are bindable, but then again, life is way to short to let a credit card company harrass you. they know a certain amount of people are going to default. boo hoo credit card companies, as much as everbody would like to retain perfect credit, we would also, like the economy to rebound, opportunities to open up, and for our government to stop selling its citizens down the river.</p>
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		<title>By: Michael Hampton</title>
		<link>http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2009/07/06/congress-raised-your-credit-card-costs/#comment-19432</link>
		<dc:creator>Michael Hampton</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:26:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Remember that most of those credit card terms and conditions are government mandated.

As for the rogue collection agency, I doubt anything short of a lawsuit is going to stop them...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Remember that most of those credit card terms and conditions are government mandated.</p>
<p>As for the rogue collection agency, I doubt anything short of a lawsuit is going to stop them&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Doc</title>
		<link>http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2009/07/06/congress-raised-your-credit-card-costs/#comment-19431</link>
		<dc:creator>Doc</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:17:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I just got one of these notices, after which I canceled my card.  I actually am on the fence with this one in terms of gov&#039;t intervention - I believe the terms and conditions on these cards are so labyrinthine that no reasonable person can figure out exactly what they are agreeing to under the terms of the card.  this needs to be fixed, but could be done much more effectively and efficiently by state regulation, not federal mandates.

The collection/credit rating industry is another matter.  I have one company that insists I owe a credit card debt, and keeps putting it back on my credit report and lowering my credit score.   Complaining to the FTC has been a waste of time, and the credit rating company (after I send them a detailed written document, individually addressed to each of the three credit bureaus) removes the information, but will put it right back again when the collection company says i owe it.  A contract should be enforced, but filing false credit reporting info or threatening to do so should be a state felony.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just got one of these notices, after which I canceled my card.  I actually am on the fence with this one in terms of gov&#8217;t intervention &#8211; I believe the terms and conditions on these cards are so labyrinthine that no reasonable person can figure out exactly what they are agreeing to under the terms of the card.  this needs to be fixed, but could be done much more effectively and efficiently by state regulation, not federal mandates.</p>
<p>The collection/credit rating industry is another matter.  I have one company that insists I owe a credit card debt, and keeps putting it back on my credit report and lowering my credit score.   Complaining to the FTC has been a waste of time, and the credit rating company (after I send them a detailed written document, individually addressed to each of the three credit bureaus) removes the information, but will put it right back again when the collection company says i owe it.  A contract should be enforced, but filing false credit reporting info or threatening to do so should be a state felony.</p>
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		<title>By: Michael Hampton</title>
		<link>http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2009/07/06/congress-raised-your-credit-card-costs/#comment-19430</link>
		<dc:creator>Michael Hampton</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:18:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>That sounds like a collection agency, not a credit card company.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That sounds like a collection agency, not a credit card company.</p>
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