In the coming weeks, as President-elect Donald Trump’s second term approaches and his pledge to dismantle key agencies potentially comes closer to fruition, 4.3 million consumers are set to receive checks from one of the agencies the incoming administration wants to “delete.”

  • @[email protected]
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    453 days ago

    shut down an agency that basically funds itself, while doing its congressionally-mandated function.

    so they can what? funnel the fines the agency has collected to themselves or to their comrades?

    • @Sanctus
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      253 days ago

      Yep, this is that quid pro quo for campaign funding and media manipulation.

  • circuitfarmer
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    163 days ago

    But of course. What kinds of people do you think scam consumers?

    Two of them are in the thumbnail.

  • @cabron_offsets
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    102 days ago

    So. Scammers want to defund an anti-scamming agency? Next you’ll tell me bears shit in the Vatican.

  • @satanmat
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    83 days ago

    Because they know that they don’t want a watchdog around when they fleece people

  • Atelopus-zeteki
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    53 days ago

    Deleting the CFPB, is this the cancel culture the Gopers are complaining about? Why is it always projection with these people? Grrr, bunch o’ noodleheads!!