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Old 12-14-2007, 07:42   #9
jatx
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Originally Posted by Razor View Post
How do you feel about the influence your credit score holds over a number of important aspects of your life (owning a car or home, ability to get loans or credit cards), and the fact that creating your credit score is a private industry proprietary formula that has little to no government oversight? Now THAT is truly scary.
Not only is the FICO formula secret, it comes from an industry that makes money by systematically abusing consumers and defying state and federal collections law!
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