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Claire McCaskill: “The premise is that when people are in debt and worried, they are more easily persuaded that someone can help them…”

On the recordApril 21, 2010
The premise is that when people are in debt and worried, they are more easily persuaded that someone can help them, because they're desperate for help.
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Claire McCaskill
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

McCaskill critiques the debt settlement industry's appeal to desperate consumers.

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