January 20, 2017

Good-bye, consumer financial protection, it was nice while it lasted

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/1/12/1619847/-Good-bye-consumer-financial-protection-it-was-nice-while-it-lasted
"The independence of the CFPB will also likely be stripped, a long-standing goal of Republicans who want the agency to be under tighter congressional control so it will stop doing things like returning billions of dollars to millions of people who have been scammed. To put a number on it, $12 billion to 27 million people as of its fifth anniversary in July, 2016."