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Archive for October, 2006
Say What? The Means Test, in Plain English
Credit to the Georgia Bankruptcy Blog for spotting this terrific article which explains the “means test,” a troublesome and controversial feature of the BAPCPA amendments which now determines who gets to file Chapter 7 (”straight” or liquidation bankruptcy) and who will be steered (notwithstanding their preferences or what’s actually best for the particular debtor) into [...]
Military Families - 1; Payday Lenders - Big Fat ZERO
As the 2nd “Losers” bullet in this article from Stars and Stripes makes clear, payday lenders are in mourning over the loss of one of their chief sources of profit: military families. (Stars and Stripes gets the premier link, since it’s something the Armed Services have long worked and lobbied for, but see the bottom [...]
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