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there's something you can do!
First, we need to understand how the business
of consumer debt is strangling American households with usurious
terms and unavoidable pricing tricks that are the direct result of
relaxed government regulations and the carefully planned policies
of corporate lenders.
DOWNLOAD AND FOLLOW THESE TOP TEN TIPS for surviving in
Credit Card Nation, from Dr. Robert D. Manning, the nation's leading
expert on this topic. You can begin to make the small changes in the
use of consumer credit that can have a long-term, beneficial impact
on your life.
 Danny Schechter’s new film,
In Debt We
Trust is an engaging and provocative tour de force of
investigative journalism that clearly reveals these profound changes
in American society. The documentary enables you to directly witness
these ongoing changes within your community as well as within the
highest levels of government as you see who benefits and who loses
while our country nosedives into a national crisis of deficit
spending and massive debt.
- HOST A SCREENING of In Debt We Trust
and hold a discussion before or after the screening to raise
awareness (there is also a fund-raising opportunity for your
organization - click here for more
info).
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CONTACT YOUR REPRESENTATIVE by visiting
Debt Hits
Hard website and the
Campaign for College Affordability website.
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DOWNLOAD THE Discussion Guide to explore the key issues
with your family, your neighbors, and your community. Learn what
you can you do to regain control of your lives and children's
future.
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 CONTACT
THE MEDIA and ask for a better coverage of the Debt Crisis.
Click the on the link and use the form provided by Media For
Democracy's tool to send your customizable message to different
media outlets. Tell them about your situation and experience,
tell them about "In Debt We Trust" and ask them to better cover
the debt issue in the US.
- TELL YOUR FRIENDS AND YOUR FAVORITE LISTS
about this initiative -- help us bring this campaign to others.
- CONTRIBUTE TO THE CAUSE. We are beginning a David
versus Goliath struggle with trillion dollar corporations whose
primary goal is to extract more of your hard-earned money.
Please send us the cost of one late fee from your credit card
company so that we can begin to reform these greedy policies.
Send your tax deductible contribution to:
Americans for Debt Relief Now
The Global Center
575 8th Avenue
New York, New York 10018
(Checks can be made to the Global Center. Mark for Debt
Relief Outreach.)
-
 Read
Danny Schechter's open letter to Bono:
"And that’s why I am writing to him/you now. If
you want to get Americans to show solidarity
with Africa, show some solidarity with them.
Lets make the issue of Debt Relief in America
part of the global fight for economic
independence in our interdependent world..."
Read the full letter..
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