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Washtenaw Foreclosure Defense activities tomorrow in Ypsilanti

By Mark | February 10, 2012

Tomorrow, at 10:30 AM, people will be coming together in Ypsilanti to discuss foreclosure resistance. The following notice comes from Ypsilanti’s Tad Wysor. Pull out your long undies and wool socks, and consider joining us Saturday morning for a first “foreclosure research” canvass in eastern Washtenaw! The new “Washtenaw Foreclosure Defense” group — an outgrowth […]

Posted in Other, Ypsilanti | Also tagged "Washtenaw Foreclosure Defense, Adam Warner, banking reform, community activism, Emergency Financial Manager Act, foreclosure, foreclosure research, foreclosure resistance, general assembly, Occupy, Occupy Ypsilanti, Tad Wysor, Washtenaw Community Action Team, Washtenaw Legal News, WCAT | 14 Comments

Republicans gut Dodd Frank Act, killing efforts to protect American citizens from financial industry abuse

By Mark | November 12, 2011

On July 21, 2010, President Barack Obama signed the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act into law. The legislation, written by Congressman Barney Frank, and Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee Chris Dodd, promised to be the most comprehensive financial reform to be undertaken since the Great Depression. As with the Glass-Steagall Act, […]

Posted in Economics, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged banking reform, Barney Frank, Carl Levin, Chris Dodd, Christopher Dodd, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, deregulation, Dodd-Frank, Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Elizabeth Warren, financial reform, Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999, Glass-Steagall Act, Graham-Leach-Bliley Act, Great Depression, H.R.4173, John Oliver, lobbying, lobbyists, Neal Wolin, Newt Gingrich, Richard Cordray, Schoolhouse Rock, things fucked raw, Treasury Department, Wall Street deregulation | 10 Comments

Remember to move your money to a credit union on Saturday

By Mark | November 3, 2011

I hesitate to give people financial advice, as I don’t want to come across like Glenn Beck when he asks his followers to consult with God and then invest everything they own in over-priced gold coins, but, as this Saturday is Move Your Money to a Credit Union Day, I thought that I should at […]

Posted in Economics, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Bank of America, blood funnel, CDFI, Community Development Financial Institutions, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, credit union, Glenn Beck, gold, Goldline, Greg Gurka, Gregory J Gurka, move your money to a credit union, personal finances, prayer, Washtenaw Federal Credit Union, Ypsilanti Federal Credit Union | 18 Comments

So, what’s the Washtenaw Community Action Team?

By Mark | October 17, 2011

I’d heard mention of the Washtenaw Community Action Team over the past several months or so, but I never really took the time to figure out how they fit into the local ecosystem of left-leaning political organizations, or what their objectives were. Fortunately, however, I had the occasion this past weekend to exchange a few […]