Richard Cordray to head consumer protection agency
President Obama's recess appointment to lead the consumer watchdog group is met with both praise and scorn.
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The biggest reason that Repubs and the Chamber of Commerce are upset is that this guy will lead an organization to make sure that people are not "fooled" into making bad decisions and will be protected against a "profit -over-everything" philosophy that these repubs and the Chamber not only want, but protect, promote, and actually admire. That is what pure capitalism is, "profit-over-everything"....which includes health, environment, jobs(outsourcing), responsibility to our country...etc. I.... More
I am amazed that the vast majority of Americans can not see what is going on. Rebulicans and banking lobbies are doing their best to impeed the progress of this watchdog agency. These are the same folks who sent our Country into a financial tail spin and begged for help out of the mess they caused. Let do what is best for the vast majority of hard working Americans.
Unfortunately, many American's feel that people/corporations will do the "right thing" the government itself is one of the biggest polluters and in New Jersey we have a number of super fund pollution areas. In Pompton Lakes and Ringwood are two areas left with chemicals and paint left from manufacturing of automobiles. These two sites are polluting the entire area around them. Expedience and saving money is the driving force for many corporate decision. Greed and money drive 90 percent of.... More
