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The Young Person's Guide to Health Insurance
BudgetConsumer ProtectionDemocracyFinancial ReformFoodHealth CareHigher EdSafe EnergySolid WasteTaxTransportationFor people in their late teens and twenties, getting health insurance can be a lot like...
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Toward Common Ground
Released by: National Taxpayers Union (NTU) Release date: Friday, October 1, 2010MASSPIURG NTU_Fiscal-Report-List_Final-Oct2010.pdfOur nation faces unprecedented fiscal challenges, as the commitments...
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Halfway to the CFPB
Release date: Tuesday, February 1, 2011MASSPIRG_Halfway-to-the-CFPB-Report.pdfCFPB Implementation Team staff are making significant progress in their efforts to both build an effective agency and be...
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Following the Money 2011
Release date: Wednesday, March 16, 2011MASSPIRGFollowing-the-Money-2011-vMA.pdfThe ability to see how government uses the public purse is fundamental to democracy. Transparency in government spending...
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Big Banks, Bigger Fees 2011
Release date: Tuesday, April 12, 2011massachusettsBIGBANKS.pdfSince Congress largely deregulated consumer deposit (checking and savings) accounts beginning in the early 1980s, the PIRGs have tracked...
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10 Reasons WE Need the CFPB Now
Released by: Americans for Financial Reform Release date: Wednesday, July 20, 2011MASSPIRGten-reasons-we-need-cfpb.pdfFor years leading up to the 2008 financial collapse, federal bank regulators...
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Reining in Wall Street
For years federal bank regulators ignored numerous warnings of increasingly predatory mortgage practices, credit card tricks and unfair overdraft policies used by the big Wall Street banks. They also...
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Paying Taxes, Safe and Sound
BudgetConsumer ProtectionDemocracyFinancial ReformFoodHealth CareHigher EdSafe EnergySolid WasteTaxTransportation MASSPIRG Education Fund Paying taxes is our civic responsibility, but it can be...
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You're Invited to "We're not Broke"
BlogMonday, October 15, 2012Deirdre CummingsMASSPIRG Invites you to a special screening of the new movie:Thursday, Oct. 18 - 6:30 PM - Harvard Kennedy School Wiener Auditorium, Ground Floor of the...
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MASSPIRG Reining in Wall Street The Boston Globe Saturday, November 17, 2012Todd WallackThe Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group found that 3 of 11 banks it visited in Massachusetts refused to...
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A New Direction In Driving Trends
BudgetPublic HealthConsumer ProtectionDemocracyFinancial ReformFoodHealth CareHigher EdSafe EnergySolid WasteTaxTransportation MASSPIRG Education Fund Our Changing Relationship with Driving and the...
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Big Banks, Big Complaints
Released by: MASSPIRG Education Fund Release date: Tuesday, September 17, 2013New Report Identifies Banks Consumers Complain AboutBig Banks, Big Complaints 2013Executive SummaryThe Consumer Financial...
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New Report Identifies Banks Consumers Complain About
For Immediate Release Tuesday, September 17, 2013Boston – Thousands of Americans are using the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) public Consumer Complaints Database to settle disputes with...
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MASSPIRG Reining in Wall Street The Boston Globe Thursday, September 19, 2013Deirdre FernandesThree regional banks in the Boston market ranked among the 10 worst in the nation in terms of complaints,...
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MASSPIRG Education Fund Reining in Wall Street Boston Business Journal Friday, September 20, 2013Matthew L. BrownTwo of the region’s biggest banks are near the top of a list of the most...
View ArticleCOALITION LAUNCHED TO PROTECT RETIREMENT SAVINGS FROM WALL STREET LOOPHOLES
BlogTuesday, February 24, 2015We've joined AARP, the Consumer Federation of America, Consumer Reports, the AFL-CIO and other unions, Americans for Financial Reform, Better Markets and other leading...
View ArticleTHE CFPB IS 4 YEARS OLD AND HAS A LOT TO SHOW FOR IT!
BlogTuesday, July 21, 2015We're keeping busy promoting the CFPB's 4th birthday. Tuesday, July 21, marks four years to the day since the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau opened its doors to protect...
View ArticleNYT Points Out Overdraft Fees Still A Problem
Monday, February 29, 2016A major article in today's New York Times, "Overdraft Practices Continue to Gut Bank Accounts and Haunt Customers," points out that while 2010 reforms put in place by the...
View ArticleAs CFPB Turns 5 Years Old, MASSPIRG Celebrates Accomplishments
For Immediate Release Wednesday, July 20, 2016This week, on July 21, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau turns 5 years old. The CFPB, a brainchild of then-professor Elizabeth Warren, was...
View ArticleCFPB SLAMS TWO CREDIT BUREAUS FOR DECEPTIVE MARKETING, EXPECT EXPERIAN NEXT
BlogFriday, January 6, 2017This week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau nailed two of the so-called "big 3" credit bureaus --Trans Union and Equifax -- for deceptive marketing of their...
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