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Sheldon Whitehouse: “The standard credit card agreement gives the lender the power to bleed their customers through evolving and ever more…”

On the recordMarch 23, 2009
The standard credit card agreement gives the lender the power to bleed their customers through evolving and ever more crafty tricks and traps.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Whitehouse criticizes the complexity and unfairness of credit card agreements.

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