Support for Balanced Debt Collection Regulations From an Unlikely Source

Last week The Hill published a post by opinion contributor Beau Brunson, director of policy and regulatory affairs at Consumer’s Research. Titled, “The CFPB’s debt collection proposal empowers consumers,” is the most balanced public statement I’ve seen from a representative of a consumer group.

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According to its website, the mission of Consumer’s Research, a non-profit founded in 1929, is to increase the knowledge and understanding of issues, policies, products, and services of concern to consumers and to promote the freedom to act on that knowledge and understanding. In 1981 the organization expanded from its original product focus to one that “considers the effects laws, regulations, and government programs have on consumers.” The group says it is committed to unbiased, fact-based analysis.

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