Financial Privacy & Security News

Report: Ohio a Flashpoint of Ongoing Foreclosure Crisis	2009-12-04
Ohio will face continuing foreclosures totaling 282,190 from 2009 through 2012, but the key solution before Congress to prevent future financial crises faces an uncertain future due to lobbying by powerful special interests, according to a report released today by Ohio PIRG.
Ohio PIRG Explains “Game-Changer” Proposal To Reinstate Federal Financial Laws As Pro-Consumer Floor -- Letter Shows Bankers Prefer “Failed Business As Usual System”	2009-10-14
Columbus – At the epicenter of the worldwide financial collapse was a lack of consumer protection that can best be remedied by establishing a “game-changer agency with only one job, protecting consumers” while simultaneously reinstating federal law as a floor not a ceiling of protection, according to Ohio PIRG Associate Manfred Mecoy.
Washington, D.C.: Statement of Ohio PIRG Consumer Program Director Ed Mierzwinski on Final Passage of Wall Street Bailout Legislation Today	2008-10-03
“Ohio PIRG is deeply disappointed that Congress punted on enacting critical protections for taxpayers and homeowners in the Wall Street bailout legislation passed today.
Statement: Defeat of Wall Street Bailout	2008-09-29
“Today the House of Representatives listened to concerned Main Street voters and taxpayers and defeated a defective Wall Street bailout.

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