Debt Counselors of America - What I Learned

In 1994 I decided I would start a non-profit charity to help find good solutions for bad debt problems, ... was named something with credit counseling in it. I figured that I did not want to counsel people about credit, but about debt, so Debt Counselors of America seemed like a much more logical name. And that’ [more...]

Date: 2008-10-29 03:48:48

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Banks Agree to Wipe Out Up to 40 Percent of Credit Card Debt But Watch Out.

Credit card lenders include Discover Financial Services LLC, Bank of America Corp., Citigroup Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co ... with the help of the National Foundation for Credit Counseling, Consumer Federation of America and the Financial Service Roundtable to start the process of creating a debt solution, other than [more...]

Date: 2008-10-31 15:51:17

“America’s Covert Government Lending”

Bingo: Steve Clemons gives it a name. The rationale for the secrecy—that disclosure would precipitate lack-of-faith events that could be disastrous—is entirely valid; but the proposed solutions are not. The popular “debate” so far ... either problem: it exacerbates both. The solution isn’t how best to prop up an empire of debt; rather [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 07:35:43

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