Musk Wants to Abolish Consumer Agency That Has Been a 'Model of Efficiency' | Common Dreams
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"This is systemic corruption at a grand and intolerable scale," one advocate said of the billionaire's call to "delete" the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Summary

Elon Musk wants to “delete” the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), which has returned nearly $20 billion to Americans since its creation after the 2008 financial crisis.

Critics, including Public Citizen, argue Musk is driven by conflicts of interest, as the CFPB recently finalized a rule to supervise large tech companies offering digital payment services, a business Musk appears poised to enter.

“In short, Musk is calling for elimination of the consumer protection regulator over a business line he seems poised to enter… This is systemic corruption at a grand and intolerable scale,” one advocate said.

The CFPB has long faced opposition from corporations and conservatives but is praised for combating financial abuses and protecting consumers.

  • gedaliyah@lemmy.worldM
    851·
    17 hours ago

    This is how they get us. They’ll overwhelm with the volume of terrible shit that they’re doing. We just won’t be able to stop it all. We can organize and protest one thing at a time, But how can we organize to stop a thousand different things all happening at once?

    Once they’re back to putting children in cages and banning birth control, how are we really going to be motivated to rally around stopping the shutdown of a government bureau?

    • painfulasterisk1
      273·
      14 hours ago

      USA could’ve organized to stop thousands of different things all at once, but they decided to let it happen. That was on 5-NOV-2024.

      • Ech@lemm.eeEnglish
        231·
        13 hours ago

        Some people tried. Worth keeping them in mind when condemning the whole country as complicit.

        • capital@lemmy.world
          73·
          7 hours ago

          Everyone who could have voted Harris but didn’t is complicit. Or at least was fine with a Trump presidency.

          That’s most people in the US.

          • Ech@lemm.eeEnglish
            3·
            7 hours ago

            Why do you think I’m talking about them? I said tried.

            • capital@lemmy.world
              11·
              7 hours ago

              I’m not disagreeing with you. Just pointing out that most of the US is at fault for what’s to come.

      • Sterile_Technique@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        5 hours ago

        Fuck. Fine, I’ll tone it down a notch.

        how can we organize to stop a thousand different things all happening at once?

        By offering our oligarchs a free haircut. There’s a French style that would be a perfect match!