• northendtrooper@lemmy.ca
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    10 months ago

    Should be expanded to identify any and all predatory fees and burn them at the stake. Feels like the FTC or Bureau of Consumer Protection should take this up as their top priority.

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      10 months ago

      True, but before we go making a wishlist, let’s remember that it’s not even a possibility if Trump wins in November.

      If anyone likes these systemic changes, mundane as they may be, remember that at the voting booth.

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        10 months ago

        Just like all the unfulfilled AND unattempted promises from before the last election, it’s always just another election away!

        • Radiant_sir_radiant@beehaw.org
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          10 months ago

          Almost makes populist Argentine president Javier Milei’s “pack 300 of your ideas into a mega-decree that effectively becomes law with immediate effect until/unless parliament gets around to repealing parts of it with a 2/3 majority” strategy look like the more sensible approach.