When I read this headline in my rss feed reader I was like wow, I can believe it, and the fact that the article goes into some of the other issues that people are facing, this shit is serious! Especially when the economy is taking a tough punch right now and mortgages are becoming issues, the new bankruptcy laws that were lobbied by the credit card industry – many people in this country are facing serious life issues with nothing but total and complete loss of everything – what is really going on people?
Discover’s Debt Collectors’ Threats Drive Woman To Suicide!
Abusive debt collection practices contribute to the number of personal bankruptcies, to marital instability, to the loss of jobs, and to invasions of individual privacy. One of the things debt collection leads to that is missing to the FDCPA’s introduction is this: suicide.
Read more and the interesting comments at digg click here.
Also read the recent news story about congress looking into credit card companies policies and asking for changes in some areas – at least some of the news is getting the tip of the iceberg out a little bit with these harsh business practices that credit card companies have been using and getting away with.