Lenders: The New Bad Guys

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   Lenders Labeled New Marketing Villains
Consumers, Politicians Turn Their Ire Toward Banks, Credit-Card Companies
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Debt: It's the new obesity. Just as food companies have gotten spanked for pumping their products full of fat and sugar, companies that spend big to market credit cards and add more flab to the already-chunky financial waistlines of Americans are coming under increasing fire from politicians, consumer advocates and customers feeling burned by their monthly statements. FULL ARTICLE

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John Beagle Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List MUSA Official Joined: Apr 23 2007 Location: Middletown Status: Offline Points: 1855	Post Options Post Reply Quote John Beagle Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Lenders: The New Bad Guys Posted: Mar 10 2008 at 9:11am
	Lenders Labeled New Marketing Villains Consumers, Politicians Turn Their Ire Toward Banks, Credit-Card Companies NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Debt: It's the new obesity. Just as food companies have gotten spanked for pumping their products full of fat and sugar, companies that spend big to market credit cards and add more flab to the already-chunky financial waistlines of Americans are coming under increasing fire from politicians, consumer advocates and customers feeling burned by their monthly statements. FULL ARTICLE
	John Beagle Middletown USA News of, for and by the people of Middletown, Ohio.

.308 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MUSA Resident Joined: Aug 17 2007 Status: Offline Points: 192	Post Options Post Reply Quote .308 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Mar 10 2008 at 10:27am
	I am sure some lenders should be investigated as it's hard to believe that there could so many "bad loans" out there if there was not a lot of stretching the rules just to get another "sale" of a new loan.