Last week the president's new credit card legislation became law. Granted, reform of financial industries and especially credit card companies has a ways to go. That having been said, there is delicious schadenfreude in this video from FunnyorDie. It's sort of how one imagines credit card execs -- including one laughing with a mouth full of half-masticated steak -- reacting to the president's new rules.
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With the economic crisis that we have today more people are relying for financial assistance as it could respond to their financial needs. At last, the CRL takes a stance with what resembles a common sense approach; a call to action regarding something to do with the problem. (Now we have to deal with the horsemen, the rain of fire, and the end of days.) The CRL, or Center for Responsible Lending, has taken aim at credit cards by sponsoring HR 627, or the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009. The Credit CARD Act, as it's called, could ensure more fairness in how card companies deal with customers, and limit things like hidden fees and retroactive interest rate increases. President Obama is on board. The CRL not going after installment loans and targeting an actual predatory lender – it's about time.