Why we need to save the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau -- Salon

Republicans in Congress and the White House have been very blunt about their desire to gut the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — and the threats to it are mounting. The agency was launched in 2011 in the aftermath of the financial crisis as part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The goal was to protect consumers from deceptive or misleading practices in the financial industry. ...
https://www.salon.com/2017/10/28/why-we-need-to-save-the-consumer-financial-protection-bureau_partner/