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Congress Investigates Carriers' Debt Collections
Julie188 writes "'Tis the season for the government to crack down on abusive practices by your secretly evil national wireless carrier. Next up: a congressional committee will be looking into a debt collection practice that prevents customers from filing lawsuits. Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) will be examining a contract clause that forces customers to waive their right to sue and instead agree to forced arbitration. He is hot on the tails of the carriers after a similar investigation of credit card companies lead to nine banks removing the forced arbitration clause from their contracts. This follows the week's earlier news that the FCC was going to try to come up with new rules to prevent wireless bill shock."
Also, please keep in mind that a vast swath of republicans support arbitration.
^ Troll.
And no proof to back-up the little "factoid" you pulled out of someplace smelly.
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall
>>>Victims are willingly tricked into deals designed to hurt them. But that's not enough to make it legal, let alone ethical.
It's not government's job to protect us from making bad decisions (as if we were children). We are not truly free, unless we are also free to be stupid stuff like smoke marijuana, drink until we die, or participate in foolish monetary transactions (like lottery tickets that have almost-zero odds of paying off).
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall