Call your Senator and demand that they oppose this abominable bill. Inform them that this has gotten little public debate and they shold vote against cloture.
Senate switchboard:(202) 224-3121
AMMO:
Ask whomever answers . . .
-Why are senators going after seniors with huge medical bills? This credit card bailout is especially hard on elderly Americans, who are bankrupted by huge medical bills with increasing frequency.
-Why can't the senator support our troops and their families by allowing them to declare bankruptcy if they are medically and financially busted after serving in Iraq?
-Why are senators allowing multi-millionaires to shield their assets but not average families? Under the bill, the very wealthy would be able to shield millions in assets after declaring bankruptcy by setting up "asset protection trusts." Sen. Chuck Schumer has lamented "now we have a bill that says a family won't be protected if it has $50,000, but it will if it has $5 million.
And please call Joe Biden and tell Senator MBNA to kiss his presidential aspirations goodbye.
202-224-5042
-PTS
FACTOID:
The credit card industry raked in $30 billion in profits last year, some of which is clearly being spent to grease the palms of Washington politicians. Bankruptcy hasn't hurt the credit card companies one iota.
I also heard that an amendment was proposed that would have limited credit card companies to charging no more than THIRTY-FREAKIN-PERCENT interest. The amendment was voted down. So they can charge 1000 percent, compounded it daily, and then when you can't pay, what? Debtor's prison? Iraq? Gitmo?
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