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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-21-11 11:01 AM Original message |
Obama Defict Reduction plan Proposes Allowing Banksters Debt Collectors to Call Peoples' Cell Phones |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-21-11 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
1. interesting how a lot of pro-banksters on this site unrec such items... |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-21-11 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
2. I wish they could do that, because then maybe the collectors would |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-21-11 11:06 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. they'll do the same with cell numbers. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-21-11 11:08 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I almost never use my cell, so it doesn't matter to me. However, many people |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-21-11 09:50 PM Response to Reply #7 |
36. Because people PAY for cell minutes. |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-21-11 11:07 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Why would this proposal fix the problem you are having? |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-21-11 01:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
30. Not everyone in trouble with banks and creditors is a "deadbeat." They just don't have tax bailouts |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-21-11 02:55 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. I'm not complaining about people who can't afford to repay debt. |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-21-11 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
3. among many reasons to NEVER give your cell number out. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-21-11 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
5. Heavy sigh. |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-21-11 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
8. Self delete |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-21-11 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
9. Exactly how would this reduce the deficit? n/t |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-21-11 11:10 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Doesn't make sense to me either. Are we sure emptywheel has her facts straight? |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-21-11 11:22 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Page 28 of the WH document, as linked in the OP |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-22-11 07:53 AM Response to Reply #16 |
37. Ok. See post 14 below then. |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-21-11 11:18 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Because it's about money owed to the government |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-21-11 11:34 AM Response to Reply #9 |
22. yeah, those with no job or a below living wage job |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-21-11 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
11. Got this in my email last month-- |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-21-11 11:14 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. That's a chain letter, and it's bullshit. Emptywheel's article is also bullshit. |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-21-11 11:34 AM Response to Reply #12 |
23. Call the FCC and report them. |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-21-11 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
13. They already do that (private companies). I just got a new cell and I am receiving |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-21-11 11:20 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. The headline for the OP is wrong |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-21-11 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
17. "Owed to or guaranteed by the Federal Government"...does NOT mean ALL debt collections.. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-21-11 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
18. My prepaid cellphone is a nightmare of collection calls for the previous owners. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-21-11 11:33 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. No, I'll bet my deadbeat is deadbeatier. God, I wish the collections people |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-21-11 01:10 PM Response to Reply #21 |
31. My deadbeat is worse than all |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-21-11 02:52 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. LOL--All right, you win. I have not met any bondsmen, etc. |
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Proud Public Servant (213 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-21-11 11:44 AM Response to Reply #18 |
26. My mysterious debt collection phone calls |
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tinkerbell41 (722 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-21-11 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
19. So don't answer? |
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AngkorWot (792 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-21-11 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
20. Oh no, I'm terribly upset. |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-21-11 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
24. i wonder how that got in there |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-21-11 11:41 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. LOL |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-21-11 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
27. Why do they want to do that? |
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JNinWB (190 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-21-11 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
28. Individuals, who owe the Federal Government (us taxpayers) money, shouldn't be bothered? |
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Maven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-21-11 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
29. Yay! Torture student loan debtors even more!!! |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-21-11 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
32. I guess 'twould all depend on how Uncle S obtained the number. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-21-11 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
35. And cell phones never have a feature called "call blocking" |
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