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Excessive

October 4th, 2011 | 2 Comments

Stei111005

You’ve got to love the banking industry. Deprived of some of the more outrageous fees and penalty charges by new laws, Bank of America is now assessing a monthly charge for using your debit card. Other banks are considering following suit. By now we all know what that fee REALLY pays for. Hey, the Lords [...]

Matador

October 30th, 2009 | 1 Comment

The closer we get to economic recovery, the more difficult it’s going to be to reform Wall Street. Congress has already dithered for almost a year, and still no substantial reforms of the practices that led to the economic meltdown have emerged. For all Obama’s lecturing of the miscreants, he’s done little to force them [...]