| Last night Barb, from Senator Stabenow's office appeared to give the Oakland County Democratic Party an update on doings in the Senate. After her update I had a chance to ask Barb from her office about the Senator's vote on the credit card bill and the amendment that would have limited the rates charged on credit cards, you know, the ones that have jumped up to 25, 30% if you are late on your payment and the fees that have been going through the roof lately, especially since we gave the banks billions of dollars. Senator Stabenow voted against the amendment that would limited those rates and I asked Barb why she voted against the amendment. Her answer? The amendment was going to fail anyway. I don't know about you, but that's not a good enough answer, given the Senator has received $1.2 million in donations from the financial services industry. Senator Stabenow makes herself out to be a champion of the middle class. And I know those usurious interest rates the credit card companies are charging some of their customers are making it virtually impossible for some customers to make a dent in their credit card balances. Senator Stabenow also voted for the awful bankruptcy bill during the last Congress. I'm starting to ask myself whose side Senator Stabenow is on. |
