Senate Takes Up Prof Warren’s proposed Financial Product Safety Commission
Law Professor Elizabeth Warren proposes that Congress create a Financial Product Safety Commission to help protect consumers from predatory and deceptive financial products. To illustrate the need for such a commission, Prof. Warren points out that if a consumer goes into an appliance store looking for a toaster that has a 1 in 5 chance of exploding, you won’t find one. But if you go to a mortgage broker, you can buy a loan that has a 1 in 5 chance of ending up being foreclosed with you losing your house in the process. Introduced by Senators Schumer and Durbin,...
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