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Paying consumer debts is basically optional in the United States: The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act protects the people who need it least.
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Real penalties for covid evicters: The CFPB is set to euthanize some rentiers – and their lawyers.

McDonald's corporate wages war on ice-cream hackers: All the pasteurization in the world won't detoxify the mix of franchise agreements and rent-extraction.

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Pluralistic: Paying consumer debts is basically optional in the United States (12 August 2023)

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