$(document).ready( function () { talk_rendercallback({"enabled":"1","islive":"0","eid":5715,"total":"7","discussion":[{"nm":"Carla","rs":"0","ms":"I came here after googling Ms. Feddis after hearing her on the Diane Rehm show. She was smart and well-spoken, and she handled the fact that Rehm was cleary biased to the other side (Manning got a lot more response time) quite well. Smart women like her make me proud! If you don\'t like what your credit card company is doing, you are free to switch; it would probably better serve you than simply critisizing Feddis, and would certainly better serve you than more legislation, whose costs will be passed on to you by the credit card companies. (And it was a real hoot that Feddis had to explain the free market to Rehm on the show.)","pt":"Mar  9, 2010 22:03"},{"nm":"Glenn the teacher","rs":"0","ms":"A friend sent me the link to watch this EXCELLENT Frontline exposé on the credit card industry\'s slick and deceitful practices. Nessa\'s interview bothered me the most! Her arrogance and demeanor makes me ask myself how she can sleep at night! What drives people like Nessa (I use her first name as she does not deserve the respect of formality from me). What kind of childhood and social circles do people like her (her peers the Frontline piece) keep? Having recently seen "The White Ribbon", it makes me wonder what kind of morals have been instilled in these people and the lobbyists population in general. We need a true rethink in this country!!! It\'s about time that "the interest of the country and not the agency [or the banks]" are made priority.","pt":"Jan 31, 2010 12:27"},{"nm":"Rocky Hanna","rs":"0","ms":"0% and free are todays apple and the Credit industry is the serpent! The only way to beat the house is not to play and pay cash!!","pt":"Jan 27, 2010 01:54"},{"nm":"Ron Stoker","rs":"0","ms":"     It is enlightening to be able to put a face to an evil. The normal individual thinks that evil has horns and a tail and is easily discerned. More often evil has an MBA or a degree in jurisprudence, wears expensive designer suits, is able to talk from both sides of the mouth and will usually appear as attractive. Perversion doesn\'t only occur in sex shops, morality can be perverted whenever and wherever evil minds focus, such is our banking industry.","pt":"Jan 26, 2010 22:13"},{"nm":"Sandi Campbell","rs":"0","ms":""the banking industry has moved on" is technocrat speak for, "There\'s nothing left of this carcass to pick over."","pt":"Nov 25, 2009 14:44"},{"nm":"Sandi Campbell","rs":"0","ms":""The banking industry has moved on" means, "There\'s nothing left of the consumers\' carcass to pick over."  \nAnd as for her contention :Under this agency, it\'s not just that people will have fewer choices; they will practically have no choice.", I would argue this red herring of "choice" has been played to death.  We have "choice" among breakfast foods, but they\'re all made by the same 2 companies.  We have "choice" of media, but -other than PBS - they are all- print and electronic alike - owned by the same 8 corporations.  We don\'t have choice, we have lies.  As to innovation, the only innovations have been those - like bizarre derivatives - that have benefited the industry.  NO ONE CARES about innovating for the little guy - we\'re the schmucks who are here to be fleeced. Period.","pt":"Nov 25, 2009 14:44"},{"nm":"Gary McKercher","rs":"0","ms":"Smoke and mirrors and evasive language. "The banking industry has moved on..." How arrogant! There appears to have been no formative education in these banking officials lives that deals with honorable behavior. Refusal of banks to talk to Frontline speaks volumnes to their culpability.  It makes me want to put every dollar under the mattress.","pt":"Nov 25, 2009 11:35"}]}); });