Here's a link for you Pete: http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2005/bankruptcy_act01.html
Regards, LelandJ > Part of the Republican-Bush Presidential platform of 2000 was to put new > legislation through congress making it almost impossible for ordinary, > garden variety citizens to get relief from creditors by filing > bankruptcy. This is especially true as it applies to Credit Card > Companies for whom the legislation was aimed The legal profession > opposed this legislation, along with most ordinary citizens. Of course, > the credit card companies strongly supported this legislation, as it was > written to favor their protection by weakening the previous bankruptcy > protections afforded to ordinary citizens. > > It's ironic this legislation came back to bit you, as you help bring > this legislation into existence by supporting the Republican - Bush > platform of 2000. > > I wish I could help. Perhaps with the election of Senator Obama as > president, and a stronger majority of Democrats in congress, something > will be done about the outlandish shenanigans going on in the credit > markets of this country, especially in home mortgages and credit card > practices. > > Regards, > > LelandJ > > > Pete Theisen wrote: >> Michael Madigan wrote: >> >>> They will stop calling you, but the problem still remains. You still >>> need to resolve the issue. There has got to be "how to" articles on >>> the internet that will help. >>> >> >> Hi Michael! >> >> Surprisingly not. The bankruptcy law changed a couple of years ago, at >> the request of the credit "industry" and no one on the internet knows >> what to do anymore. Of course, the wording of the law is >> incomprehensible, even to the lawyers. >> >> I went to a lawyer about bankruptcy and he said I was too broke to file. >> I went to another and he said I could file for $300 but I would still >> have to pay the lawyer. I went to a third one and he said the bankruptcy >> lawyer has to be paid for out front since once you file the lawyer's fee >> is dischargeable! >> >> Meanwhile, they keep hammering at you. I had one bank draw my mortgage >> money out of my credit union account. I changed the account number so >> they can't do that again. I will never give them another cent! >> > > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > multipart/alternative > text/plain (text body -- kept) > text/html > --- > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
