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Re: Can't pay? Just walk away.

#77
From: timeOday
Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 03:30
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Beachcomber wrote:

> Personally I think its wrong that Americans allow  private companies
> (the credit reporting agencies) keep secret  files on citizens that
> determine whether they are "credit worthy or not" and largely
> determine what they will pay in interest charges for credit cards,
> mortgages, etc.


What's really ridiculous is that the credit reporting agencies receive a 
special exemption from liability for the damages caused by reporting 
false information about you.  Their only obligation is to remove the 
information once *you* prove them wrong.  That's right, maintaining the 
accuracy of their highly profitable database is somehow *your* job.
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