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Minnesota State Fair Attendees Sound Off on Debt Collection Lawsuits

By Sam Glover

Every year, at the Senate Fair Booth at the Minnesota State Fair, Minnesotans can vote on the issues of the day. This year, one of the questions was:

Do you think debt collectors should be required to verify they have the correct debtor and the correct amount of the debt before filing a lawsuit against an alleged debtor?

A loaded question, to be sure, but here were the results:

A. Yes. 95.8% (5644)
B. No. 1.8% (108)
C. Undecided/No opinion. 2.4% (142)

Not much room for spin, there.

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Full post as published by Caveat Emptor on September 24, 2010 (boomark / email).