Two articles which deal directly with the financial reform legislation coming up for a vote next week in the Senate hit on the deceitful practices of non-profit, self help organizations.  The excerpts give a synopsis of what's going on behind the scenes.  According to one of the articles, the effects of a new Consumer Financial Protection Agency will be more disastrous than Obamacare.  This is truly frightening.  The CFPA will do everything but protect citizens from fraud.  From libertychick blog: [...]behind the scenes, certain lobbyists are quietly but aggressively scurrying about, pushing hard for the passage of the CFPA in a power grab by the Executive Branch that would dwarf the Health Care Reform bill and the Patriot Act. And with the passage of the proposed CFPA, one man [Eric Stein] in particular with a history tied to some of the deepest tentacles in the financial crisis - and to the Community Reinvestment Act changes of 1995 - would gain the...(Read Full Post)