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There are no secret programs to get out of debt

By Todd Murray

Consumer lawyers and collection lawyers agree about as often as Bill O’Reilly and Keith Olbermann. But one thing they do agree on is the dubious value of most for-profit companies that promise to get consumers out of debt. They go by many different names: credit counseling agencies, debt settlement companies, debt negotiators, etc. They usually charge [...] Related posts:

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Full post as published by Caveat Emptor on March 23, 2009 (boomark / email).

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