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Author: Jeffrey M. Freedman
Jeffrey Freedman Attorneys at Law; Buffalo
If we closed half of the hospitals in this country, would we say that there are less sick people, or that less people who are sick are being treated? The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act (BAPCPA) is creating a similar effect. The threshold of the bankruptcy court has been raised significantly, and many debtors will be left standing outside without the ability to go through the doors.
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Occupation:. Accountant for the. City of New York. Annual Income:. $30000. Current Debt:. Declared bankruptcy. in April 2003; credit. card portion $22000 ...
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The Bankruptcy Adviser by Justin Harelik • Bankrate.com
Dear Bankruptcy Adviser,
I filed for bankruptcy in 1995. It has since been removed from my credit report. My question is, one of those credit card banks is now sending me credit card applications again with great interest rates. If I get that card again, can the "bankruptcy" balance be re-added to the new card? Thanks.
-- Dee
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Financial Peace
Dave Ramsey
Posted: June 27, 2006
1:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2006 WorldNetDaily.com
Dear Dave,
I'm thinking about transferring the $2,500 in credit card debt I've accumulated on my current card to another one with a lower interest rate. Is this a smart move toward getting out of debt?
Trevor
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Rising Gas Prices, Borrowing Costs Blamed
POSTED: 11:20 am EDT June 27, 2006
UPDATED: 11:44 am EDT June 27, 2006
WASHINGTON -- Borrowing costs have been on the rise, and so has the number of people who have fallen behind on their credit card bills.
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RISING TIDE
Overall consumer credit quality is showing some signs of improving, after the economy grew at a blistering 6.1 percent annualized pace in the second half of last year.
Delinquencies on installment loans, like auto loans, fell in the fourth quarter to the lowest level since 1995, the American Bankers Association said on Tuesday.
Delinquencies on mortgages fell in the fourth quarter to their lowest levels since 2000, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. Bankruptcy filings also fell in the fourth quarter from the year before, the first decline since the end of 2000, according to the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.
But with the labor market still struggling, consumer credit has not fully recovered. In the fourth quarter, credit card delinquencies jumped to a record high, according to the American Bankers Association, and mortgage foreclosures rose, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.
Credit card payments are likely to be the last loan area to improve, because a hard-up consumer will first stop paying off unsecured debt like credit card borrowings. Stopping payments on a car or a house is usually a last resort.
``If people have limited funds, they're making the right decision to pay off their secured debt before they pay off their unsecured debt,'' said Todd Mark, a spokesman for Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Greater Atlanta, a nonprofit which helps people who have trouble paying their bills.
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Essay: A Snapshot Of Two Systems That Are Trying To Help People In Financial Troubles
By David A. Lander
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Confident that the growing economy will keep their jobs secure, American consumers continue to charge up a storm. But a growing number are also mailing their payments sooner, or even paying off their balances.
A persistently growing economy has increased employment, and card issuers say they have tightened lending standards, resulting in the lowest level of delinquent credit card accounts since the fall of 1994, the American Bankers Association said Tuesday.
"I think this is an important improvement," said James Chessen, chief economist at the ABA. "The vast majority of consumers are using credit responsibly. Almost 97 percent of credit card accounts are paid on time."
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Overview: This paper uses a new panel data set of credit card accounts to analyze credit card delinquency, personal bankruptcy, and the stability of credit risk models. It estimates duration models for default and assess the relative importance of different variables in predicting default. It investigates how the propensity to default has changed over time, disentangling the two leading explanations for the recent increase in default rates - deterioration in the risk - composition of borrowers versus an increase in borrowers' willingness to default due to declines in default costs, including social, information, and legal costs.
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A Review of the First Ten Months and a Look at the Next Stage
By Antonia G. Darling (1) and Mark A. Redmiles (2)
Co-Coordinators of National Civil Enforcement
The United States Trustee Program launched the Civil Enforcement Initiative on October 1, 2001, as part of its continuing effort to improve the effectiveness of bankruptcy administration. The goal of the Initiative is to ensure that the bankruptcy system is fair to all and to bolster public confidence by taking civil actions to remedy abuses. As part of the Initiative, certain national enforcement priorities were established upon which the Program will focus its energies and resources. This article provides an update on the Program's civil enforcement activities 10 months into the Initiative, and a look at future plans.
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Credit Card Minimum Payment Warning Amendment
Statement by Senator Daniel K. Akaka
March 1, 2005
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Debt Services Operations Settle FTC Charges
For Release: March 30, 2005
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For Immediate Release
BANKRUPTCY BILL BENEFITS CREDIT CARD COMPANIES
AND HURTS CONSUMERS
Contact: Lisa Hanna, Communication April 21, 2005s Director
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Bankruptcy risk score is a numerical value that most creditors are willingly to look at while analyzing your credit profile. It provides a measure of your chances of getting bankrupt or becoming delinquent with your payments.
Distribution Source : ArriveNet
Date : Thursday, March 16, 2006
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No, this is not Debt Consolidation, Credit Card Consumer Counseling and certainly will help you avoid bankruptcy.
I’ll show you how to ethically and legally walk away from your Credit Card Bills. Sounds unbelievable? It’s not unbelievable and it is obtainable.
This should be your No.#1 goal. Don’t wait, run to the phone and call me today.
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Bankruptcy bill would create harsh barriers for consumers and reward abusive lenders
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Commentary
BY TERESA DIXON MURRAY
c.2006 Newhouse News
This nation faces a massive economic crisis -- indeed a social catastrophe -- that some experts even say will be among the worst the country's ever seen.
Much has been said about how the looming retirement of 76 million baby boomers will stampede Social Security, which is expected to start running out of money in 11 years. We almost joke about senior citizens eating dog food. Maybe that joking is the only way we can keep from crying.
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Put your budget on a diet:
Make sure the credit counselor you choose is state licensed
PATRICIA SIMMS
All credit counselors are not created equal.
Increasing consumer debt - $704 billion as of April - is driving people to bankruptcy, counselors and consolidators, as well as to programs such as Oprah Winfrey's much-publicized "debt diet."
The number of credit counselors licensed by Wisconsin has grown by 30 percent in the last three years, jumping from 78 in 2003 to 101 as of last week, said Jean Plale, director of licensed financial services for the Department of Financial Institutions.
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Citing Skyrocketing Costs, Dwindling Savings and Stagnant Wages, More American Families Are Turning To Credit Cards As Their Financial Safety Net
Center for Responsible Lending
October 12, 2005
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For Immediate Release
October 12, 2005
Contact: Timothy Rusch
Tel: (212) 389-1407 Email: trusch@demos.org
Mike Flagg, CRL
Tel: (202) 349-1862 Email: mike.flagg@responsiblelending.org
New Survey Report Reveals Truth Behind Credit Card Debt Explosion in the United States
Citing Skyrocketing Costs, Dwindling Savings and Stagnant Wages, More American Families Are Turning To Credit Cards As Their Financial Safety Net
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"MISGUIDED BANKRUPTCY BILL IGNORES THE FINANCIAL INSECURITY FORCING FAMILIES INTO DEBT AND BANKRUPTCY; ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES WOULD BE SEVERE"
Key Research & Bill Analysis Available Online: www.demos-usa.org/debt
New York, NY and Washington, DC - Today, Demos: A Network for Ideas & Action, a national economic policy research organization, urges Congress to halt movement on the bankruptcy "reform" bill (S. 256 and H.R. 685) that will be introduced in the Senate on Monday, February 28, 2005. Congress must recognize of the fragility of our debt-driven consumer economy, and address the economic conditions that have brought about a household debt crisis in America.
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--New Bankruptcy Law Would Spur Further Credit Expansion--
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 15, 2002
Contact:
Jack Gillis, 202-737-0766
Travis Plunkett, 202-387-6121
Washington, DC - As a creditor-funded campaign to restrict consumer access to bankruptcy approached enactment in Congress, the Consumer Federation of America today released data that show that, in the past year, credit card issuers have dramatically expanded their marketing and available credit while consumers have increasingly said “no” to new cards and to new lines of credit. Meanwhile, issuers kept credit card interest rates up while the cost of money plummeted, driving up profits by more than 50 percent over five years ago.
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FIRST-EVER STUDY OF CREDIT COUNSELING FINDS HIGH FEES, BAD ADVICE AND OTHER ABUSES BY NEW BREED OF "NON-PROFIT" AGENCIES
--Credit Card Company Practices Have Helped Create Counseling Crisis--
Washington D.C. - As more Americans seek assistance for serious debt problems, the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) and Consumer Federation of America (CFA) today unveiled Credit Counseling in Crisis, a report detailing the severe threat to consumers from a new generation of credit-counseling agencies. The comprehensive study found that, unlike the previous generation of mostly creditor-funded counseling services, these new agencies often harm debtors with improper advice, deceptive practices, excessive fees and abuse of their non-profit status. An estimated nine million Americans have some contact with a consumer credit counseling agency each year.
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Industry Update
NEWS
Study predicts doubling of e-transactions by decade's end
The annual number of electronic payment transactions worldwide is expected to double by 2009, from 210 billion currently, according to a study sponsored by ACI Worldwide and conducted by Global Insight. Transactions are growing at a compounded annual rate of 12.9%, which is four times the expected growth in real gross domestic product. The greatest growth is expected in Eastern Europe and the Asia/Pacific region.
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I put up this blog. Our primary purpose is to address the overwhelming concern of Americans demanding answers to the volatile changing landscape of the Credit Card Industry. Visitors are invited to share their stories and thoughts. Together we will benefit from the exchange of information. Our mission statement is to relieve Americans from the burden of Debt, one family at a time. Join IN!
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Organizations representing thousands of attorneys are challenging the nation's tough new bankruptcy law, saying it illegally restricts the advice lawyers can give and makes it harder for clients to navigate the bankruptcy system, The Associated Press reported.
A lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Hartford, Conn., on Thursday claims that the law treats attorneys the same as unlicensed document preparers or credit counseling firms, which are required under the new law to give specific advice -- including not to go deeper into debt, the AP reported.
That illegally hampers the attorney-client relationship, the lawsuit argues, and might even prevent lawyers from recommending that clients hire them in the first place. Attorneys say legal advice isn't one-size-fits-all, the AP reported.
-- NYSSCPA.org News Staff
Posted on 5/12/06
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Enticing credit card offers fill the mailboxes of thousands of Americans every day. Accompanied by amazing offers of zero percent interest for six months and no fees for balance transfers, 15% to 20% off your first purchase, discount hotel rates and free movie tickets, the list goes on and on. And on impulse we fall to our knees and sign on the dotted line without thinking about just how much another credit card will affect our families, our credit histories, or our financial futures. Before you sign up for another card, ask yourself what is the rule of thumb for credit cards, just how many credit cards is enough? Do you know? Is there a magical number or is it just a matter of how you manage them? If your answer to all of these questions is I don’t know, read on to find out.
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Nathalie Martin
Abstract: In this Article, Professor Nathalie Martin examines societal attitudes toward debt and financial failure in the context of two global trends, the liberalization of bankruptcy and insolvency laws, and the increased availability of consumer credit around the world. The Article begins with a description of the history of the U.S. economy, its risk-oriented capitalist ethos, its consumer culture, and its resulting consumer and business bankruptcy laws. The Article next briefly addresses the personal bankruptcy systems of Continental Europe, noting that in some places, U.S.-style bankruptcy systems have been enacted but not necessarily accepted. Professor Martin then discusses Japanese and Chinese cultural attitudes toward debt, and briefly discusses new laws being proposed or passed in Japan, Hong Kong, and mainland China, some of which are based in part upon U.S. laws. Based on this and other examples, she concludes that cultural attitudes play a tremendous role in the efficacy of bankruptcy and insolvency systems. She further concludes that, as more and more consumer and business credit becomes available around the world, the countries affected will need to enact effective and accepted discharge and fresh start principles, but that these systems cannot simply be transplanted from the United States. Such transplantation is likely to be ineffective and thus gradual education and changes in laws and credit availability will be needed in order to avoid the extensive social costs that could result from too much credit in systems that do not accept financial failure.
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It's Now Much Tougher to Get a Fresh Start
By Joan E. Lisante
ConsumerAffairs.Com
October 14, 2005
If you're a consumer in financial trouble, your theme song might be "I Got Plenty of Nothin'" from Gershwin's Porgy & Bess. But if you think you've got plenty of nothing now, the new "Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005" could shrink even that
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By MATT APUZZO
Associated Press Writer
Lawsuit challenges new bankruptcy law
MAY. 12 12:36 P.M. ET Organizations representing thousands of attorneys are challenging the nation's tough new bankruptcy law, saying it illegally restricts the advice lawyers can give and makes it harder for clients to navigate the bankruptcy system.
A lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Hartford on Thursday claims that the law treats attorneys the same as unlicensed document preparers or credit counseling firms, which are required under the new law to give specific advice -- including not to go deeper into debt.
That illegally hampers the attorney-client relationship, the lawsuit argues, and might even prevent lawyers from recommending that clients hire them in the first place. Attorneys say legal advice isn't one-size-fits-all.
"Someone could be down and out but have access to a student loan to go to school for retraining," said attorney Barry S. Feigenbaum, who filed the suit. "We couldn't advise that client to take that student loan."
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By Martin H. Bosworth
ConsumerAffairs.Com
November 16, 2005
A Minnesota law firm has filed a legal challenge to the new bankruptcy law, claiming that it unnecessarily restricts the ability of bankruptcy attorneys to interact with their clients, and violates both the First and Fifth Amendments of the Constitution.
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Washington Post
By Robert J. Samuelson
Wednesday, June 21, 2006; Page A21
If the Federal Reserve raises interest rates at the end of June, as seems probable, it will likely be criticized for making a fetish of inflation and, in the process, risking an American or global recession. There are already signs that the U.S. economy is slowing. Stock markets around the world have declined sharply. Why should the Fed make matters worse by nudging up rates even a tad? This is a sensible-sounding complaint. Based on what we now know, it's also wrong.
We have an inflation problem that we need to cure before it gets worse. A central lesson of the past half-century is that inflationary psychology, once embedded in price- and wage-setting practices, is stubborn and destructive. It leads to frequent recessions. It stunts the rise in living standards. People detest it. They're frightened by rapid and unpredictable price changes. We learned these lessons the hard way. From 1960 to 1979, inflation rose from 1.4 percent to 13.3 percent. Only the horrific 1980-82 slump (peak monthly unemployment: 10.8 percent) repressed it.
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Cash back! 10% off! No interest! MONEY Magazine rates 11 common offers.
by David Futrelle, Amanda Gengler and Janet Paskin
June 20, 2006: 12:21 PM EDT
NEW YORK (MONEY Magazine) - Just like the mysterious "banker" on Deal or
No Deal, sellers of all sorts dangle tempting offers before you. And like the contestants on the TV show, you're often left trying to make a decision with imperfect information and little time.
On TV it's entertaining; in real life it's just plain stressful.
When a deal sounds alluring, you're right to suspect there's a catch. There always is. In an ideal world, you'd take a few minutes to read the fine print and run the numbers, then make your decision.
"Time is your friend and the seller's enemy," says Jennifer Leach, a consumer advocate with AARP
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By Jeanne Sahadi,
CNNMoney.com senior writer
June 15, 2006: 4:21 PM EDT
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) – Who doesn't want to be rich? But let's face it, getting rich gets hard very fast if one or more of the following conditions applies:
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Orlando Sentinel
By Andrew Leckey |
Posted June 18, 2006
Higher interest rates and gasoline prices are infecting the family finances of millions of Americans in 2006. Not all at once, but a few dollars here and there gradually add up.
Interest rate, inflation, financial market and pension worries make a midyear financial checkup more important than usual this year. Even if you made New Year's resolutions for your money, the scenario has since changed and your family situation may have too.
Unfortunately, many Americans don't know where their money goes each month, which is a hazardous situation now that we're entering a period in which inflation could rise even further.
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Chicago Sun Times - Currency
June 19, 2006
BY CARL GEORGE
Interest rates have been steadily rising this year, and the outlook is still higher rates.
If you're already feeling the pinch of higher rates on your outstanding debt, you need to take action now. Here are five sound strategies to help you cope:
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Before You File for Personal Bankruptcy: Information About Credit Counseling and Debtor Education
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6 harmful ways to repay credit card debt
2006-06-14 18:51
Today let us look at what you can do if you have got into debt. More importantly, let us start with a negative list – how not to pare down your debt.
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The summer issue of Success magazine has a great article on success. They spent about two years asking questions, taking polls, listening and doing whatever it took to learn:
" What Does Success Really Mean To An American? It's never been simply about money - the idea is always tied in with our deepest hopes and fears about ourselves and society."
The following statistics are some of the results from two (2) years of research.
What does success in business mean? 60.0% "Adding value to the lives of others.
" 18.8% "Making a lot of money."
What is the single most important element for success?
41.0% Faith
25.5% Family
11.7% Balanced life
7.3% Happiness
>P>What does it take to get there? In the ranking of what is most important in achieving success, we had some surprising results. Only 3.4% of those polled believe that education is one of the most important determiners of who will become successful.
The others which ranked least important: 1.1% Where you grew up
1.1% Luck
.7% Being wealthy
More of what does it take to become successful:
58.9% Attitude & Motivation
18.0% Integrity & Hard work
11.2% Determination
88.1%
This information should give all of us a clue about what success means and the types of characteristics to develop in ourselves in order to move forward. The bottom line in my mind is this, 88.1% state that attitude, motivation, integrity, hard work and determination are what will help anyone, regardless of background, to move forward and achieve their goals.
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Teens spent around $160 billion last year. Vera Gibbons of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine tells parents how to give kid Today show.
Updated: 6:35 p.m. PT June 15, 2006
Today’s teenager has expensive tastes — they want the newest and the best of everything. In short, they’re the perfect target for marketers. Last year, teens spent about $160 billion dollars on clothing, music, technology, food and entertainment, according to marketing research. And one out of every 10 teens uses a credit card. By the time a student enters their freshman year of college, their average debt on a personal credit card is about $1,500. Vera Gibbons, contributing editor for Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine, was invited on “Today” to tell parents how they can help their children control their spending.
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This interview is EXCELLENT - addresses all of the issues regarding debt, federal reserve etc. …
"The scariest film you'll see this year. It will leave you staggering out of the theatre, slack-jawed and trembling. Makes 'Fahrenheit 9/11' look like 'Bambi.'" --- Todd David Schwartz, CBS
Please watch the video and then share the link or this email with as many people as possible so they can learn more about the film. Since Aaron is not available to do live interviews - we need to get this in front of as many people as possible so that they will WAKE UP and see what's happening in America!
Tomorrow we'll be announcing the theatres and cities that we'll be opening in on July 28!
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07:00 AM Mountain Standard Time on Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Kim McGrigg / Special to azfamily.com
College students are the largest identifiable segment of first-time customers for credit-card issuers. Credit-card companies will be on campuses rolling out their credit card offers and free T-shirts before classes even begin. These offers work well. According to a 2005 survey by the Jump$tart Coalition, 45 percent of college students are currently in credit-card debt, with the average debt totaling $3,000.
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By Greg Kratz
Deseret Morning News
The three most common topics of questions I receive for this column revolve around saving for retirement, teaching children about money and eliminating debt.
We've dealt with the first two items in the last few months, so it's about time I answered reader e-mails dealing with the third.
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The Way We Live Now
T By JACKSON LEARS
Published: June 11, 2006
The American Way of Debt
Americans are awash in red ink. Consumer indebtedness is soaring, the savings rate is down to zero and people are filing for bankruptcy at record rates. To many observers, these are symptoms of cultural decline, from sturdy thrift to flabby self-gratification — embodied in the current obesity epidemic. The fattest nation on earth is also the greediest consumer of global resources and now is borrowing more than ever to satisfy its appetites. There is a large core of truth to this indictment.
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Getting out of Credit Card Debt without Bankruptcy, debt Consolidation or Consumer Credit Counseling is not.
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No Credit Counseling or Debt Consolidation for You.
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Suicidal Over Credit Card Debt?
Filing for bankruptcy under the New Bankruptcy Law will make you feel like your in purgatory.
To get your certificate from a Credit Counseling Agency is pure hell alone. Not to mention time consuming.
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I’ve got the prescription for allowing you to take a free pass and never have to pay those debts without Bankruptcy. It’s legal and painless. You won’t gulp every time the phone rings or be afraid to open the mail ever again.
This is not Credit Counseling or Debt Consolidation. It’s just what the doctor ordered to get you out of Credit Card Acid Reflux Debt.---forever!
Now depending on what you eat, you’ll need to see a different doctor for that….
This prescription is written to get you exercising your rights without Bankruptcy, Penalties and walking away from your Credit Card Blues.
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Filing for bankruptcy under the New Bankruptcy Law will make you feel like your in purgatory.
To get your certificate from a Credit Counseling Agency is pure hell alone. Not to mention time consuming.
Did some one forget to tell the Government that your time needs to be consumed with making a living – not ending it in debtor’s dungeon.
Let me show you how the Banking Industry and all those Credit Card Companies have been ripping you off for years!
You can walk away from Credit Card Bills forever ---legally and ethically without bankruptcy or Credit Counseling. Seriously, it’s legit!
I’ll show you how to start living and enjoying your life again (don’t wait before they make it harder for you---again) Take action before they do!.
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For Release: May 3, 2006
Companies, Individuals Will Pay More Than $2.4 Million in Consumer Redress
A credit counseling agency and related companies have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they deceptively marketed themselves as a not-for-profit enterprise to entice financially distressed consumers to enroll in debt management plans, and then failed to deliver on promises of personalized credit counseling and dramatic and immediate interest rate reductions.
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Before You File for Personal Bankruptcy: Information About Credit Counseling and Debtor Education ... Before You File for Personal Bankruptcy: Information About Credit Counseling and Debtor Education Produced ...
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President signs bankruptcy bill
What you should know about a new law that will make it tougher for consumers to clear their debts.
April 20, 2005: 3:24 PM EDT
By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN/Money senior writer
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) – President Bush on Wednesday signed into law a bankruptcy reform bill that will make it harder for individuals to clear thei debts through bankruptcy.
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Number of bankruptcy filings increase as limits loom
Los Angeles Business Journal, July 25, 2005 by Howard Fine
Debtors are crowding into local bankruptcy courts to file for Chapter 7 liquidations before a new, more restrictive federal law takes effect.
There were 3,644 Chapter 7 filings in Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley in May, up 32 percent from May 2004. The jump in the mostly individual filings comes despite low interest rates and generally favorable economic conditions.
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Bankruptcy law gets tough on debtors: latest legislation seeks big payback for creditors
Black Enterprise, July, 2005 by Robyn D. Clarke, Tykisha Lundy
For decades, declaring bankruptcy has been a last-resort measure to re-establish financial standing for economically distressed individuals and families. Now, a new, controversial law--the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005--will make it harder to seek protection under Chapter 7 of the bankruptcy code, which eventually erases most unsecured debt after a surrender of some resources. Most provisions of the bill, which was signed into law by the president April 19, will take effect Oct. 17.
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Tougher test for bankruptcy: new law makes filing Chapter 7 more costly and complicated.
Black Enterprise, Nov, 2005 by Melissa S. Monroe
If you've been thinking about filing for bankruptcy, perhaps you should think again. The newly enacted Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 went into effect October 17, and among other stipulations, it forces many who would file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy to instead file for Chapter 13 bankruptcy and commit to a payment plan.
For consumers struggling with credit card and other debt, the new law places more pressure on them to settle their debts instead of seeking a "new start" through bankruptcy. While the bill is intended to curtail bankruptcy abuse from debtors who can afford to pay their creditors, Arlene Gordon Oliver, a partner at Rattet, Pasternak & Gordon Oliver L.L.P. in Harrison, New York, says the bill amounts to "indentured servitude."
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* How Banks Alter Your Promissory Note
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Hey, big spender! Save yourself
Chicago Sun-Times
May 21, 2006
BY MARY WISNIEWSKI Business Reporter
The last time the U.S. savings rate was negative was 1933. The unemployment rate hit 25 percent, and more than 4,000 banks had closed.
It's hard to save money when you're selling apples on the corner.
In 2005 and so far in 2006, the savings rate is negative again -- we're spending more than we're saving. Unemployment is 4.7 percent, and the stock market is up almost 29 percent since the dark days of September 2001.
It looks like we're doing OK -- at least better than we were in the Great Depression.
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Debtor law put to test
Critics say bankruptcy overhaul sends people to credit counseling after it's already too late.
BY SHERYL JEAN
Pioneer Press
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This information was prepared to give you some general information on the law. It is not intended as legal advice about any particular problem. If you have questions about the law you should consult a lawyer.
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United States Bankruptcy Courts
Federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction over bankruptcy cases. Bankruptcy cases cannot be filed in state court. Each of the 94 federal judicial districts handles bankruptcy matters.The primary purposes of the law of bankruptcy are:
1. To give an honest debtor a "fresh start" in life by relieving the debtor of most debts, and
2. To repay creditors in an orderly manner to the extent that the debtor has property available for payment
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Bankruptcy Information, FAQ's, Chapter 7 & 13 Information.
(Updated for the new bankruptcy laws effective October 17, 2005)
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Why Avoid Bankruptcy?
Bankruptcy is not something I recommend any more than I would recommend divorce. Are there times when good people see no way out and file bankruptcy? Yes, but I will still talk you out of bankruptcy if given the opportunity. Few people who have been through bankruptcy would report that it is a painless wiping-clean of the slate, after which you merrily trot off into your future to start fresh.
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Anya Kamenetz June 01, 2006
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'Buyers' give old debts new life
Uncollected debts used to die away, victims of time and creditors’ ability to write them off. But with a new breed of debt buyers, the past may haunt you.
By SCOTT BARANCIK, Times Staff Writer
Published June 3,
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In debt’s shadow
For money-obsessed society, few are willing to open up about their finances — to everyone’s detriment
Sunday, June 04, 2006
Denise Trowbridge
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
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The Debt Counselors believe that consumers should take steps to eliminate credit card debt completely rather than take comfort from the fact that several card providers have reduced their penalty charges.
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Going into debt wastes tomorrow’s income on yesterday’s excesses
published June 2, 2006 12:15 am
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I remember when I was a young man, I ran up a several hundred dollar credit card balance, and like most of my friends, I made the minimum payment each month and didn’t think a lot about it. That was what everyone I knew did. Finally, I decided I wanted to pay off the balance and get rid of the monthly payment. I started paying an extra amount with each payment, but every time I would get to the point where I could pay it off in the next couple of months, something unexpected would come up, and I would have to put it on my credit card. It was frustrating.
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The Associated Press/NEW HAVEN, Conn.
June 2nd, 2006
SQUEEZE & BULGE
Atty. Larry Yang
Are you in a SQUEEZE & BULGE situation in your financial affairs? Let me illustrate. Your net income is $3,000 monthly. Your rent, car payment, food and other monthly expenses is about $2,800, leaving you $200 of disposable income. However, you owe $30,000 of credit card debt. You need $1,000 monthly to keep your credit cards current. So, you’re short $800 a month. What do you do to keep your credit cards current? When $100 is due on one card, you pay that off. When another $100 is due on another card, you also pay that off. That wipes out your disposable income of $200. You’re able to put the SQUEEZE on two cards, which require a minimum of $100 each. But what is happening to your other credit cards? They are BULGING out. You have five other cards that require another $800 a month. That’s the BULGE. Thus, you’re able to SQUEEZE out $200, but even as you are able to SQUEEZE the two cards, you are unable to pay the $800 BULGE of the other five credit cards. Every month you play this game of SQUEEZE & BULGE with your credit card debt.
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Generation X's Debt Headache
By Laura Barcella, AlterNet. Posted May 31, 2006.
Today, more and more twenty- and thirty-somethings are struggling to stay afloat -- and 'Strapped' author Tamara Draut knows why.
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Maintaining an Optimal Balance
Once solely restricted to the wealthy, now almost any one can obtain a credit card including the most favored, first year college students. It's no wonder then that U.S. consumer credit card debt stood at over $735 billion in 2003 which further breaks down to approximately $12,000 per household for those who elected to carry balances from month to month. While the advertisements of the Visas and MasterCards of the world continue to tout the convenience and ease at which you can shop or handle an emergency with just a swipe of the plastic, they fail to mention how you as a consumer should use your card including guidelines as to how much credit limit is too much and how to keep from ruining your credit rating by constantly maxing out your credit card. The purpose of this article is to provide you with some insight in these two areas.
When you apply for a credit card, one of the first things you consider is the credit limit. Why? Because that determines how much you can spend, and the rule of thumb is the higher the limit the better. But wait a minute, just because your limit is $3,000 doesn't mean that you should keep spending until it's gone. Why? There are two simple reasons why you should not spend until your card has reached the limit. The first reason being that the higher your outstanding balance the higher your minimum monthly payment. Once your card reaches the limit unless you start to pay a significantly higher monthly payment to get it down, the interest charges and over-the-limit fees will begin to kick in which will cause someone who is living beyond their means to become overwhelmed very quickly. Even worse if you have more than one card that is at the limit, you are playing a dangerous game because any major disruption in employment or income that you can't supplement with personal savings or credit insurance will negatively affect your credit score instantly. Secondly, future creditors also consider your debt to income ratio when deciding whether to extend additional credit to you. Ideally you want this to be as low as possible considering you never know when you might need additional credit. A debt to income ratio of 36% or less is most favorable.
So what is the ideal balance for someone with a credit limit of $3,000? Ideally, potential creditors only like to see 25% of your total available credit outstanding at any given time. So, with a $3,000 limit you should only carry a balance of approximately $750. I'm not saying you can't purchase more than $750 worth of items at any one time, what I am saying is that if you must make major purchases you should commit to paying significant amounts of money each month to bring your balance back down to this more reasonable level before charging again.
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News & Observer - Raleigh,NC,USA
Cards simplify payments
VICKI LEE PARKER, Staff Writer
No doubt about it: It can be hard resisting all of the low-rate credit card offers that flood our mailboxes.
I'm usually pretty good at cutting them up and tossing them out immediately. But recently my colleague received one that got my attention.
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