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Announcer next, major credit card executives testified on excessive fees for card transactions. That is that Card Companies announce a fee hike to insert or tap credit and edit cards. This hearing runs two hours. Good morning. This hearing will come to order. American consumers today are rightly worried about inflation and rising prices for the goods they buy. Today were going to talk about a hidden fee that fuels the fires of inflation across america every day. What they may not know is this swipe fee is contributing to the problem of inflation. When swipe fees on credit and debit cards go up...

Good morning. This hearing will come to order. American consumers today are rightly worried about inflation and rising prices for the goods they buy. Today were going to talk about a hidden fee that fuels the fires of inflation across america every day. What they may not know is this swipe fee is contributing to the problem of inflation. When swipe fees on credit and debit cards go up, as they recently did, it increases inflation. Consumers ultimately pay the price. Ironically, this journey for me started in this very room 16 years ago. Arlen specter was a chairman at the senate judiciary. He ...

Played a game with the banks, with the Banks Holding all the cards. Changing the terms, raising Interest Rates, changing the rules of the games. Consumers use plastic for 100,000 transactions a minute. It has produced billions in profits, and nearly a trillion dollars in debt. Americans people simply cannot pay back the level of debt that has grown over the last 30 years. And the credit card industry even played a hand in the economic meltdown. You had consumers refinancing their homes to pay off all their credit cards. Apply now. And then they went back out and filled their credit cards back ...

Early this year, remember we had polar vortex part one. Here comes part two. Because winter came early people had been using a lot more propane to keep themselves warm and now theres a shortage as we head into this next round of winter weather. In wisconsin, for example, some companies are only filling tanks half and theyre limiting sales. We have seen prices up almost 46 over last year. Some people said their bills have doubled. Applications for home heating assistance are up. In 15 states theyre easing the limits on drivers so the drivers of propane can drive longer and try to truck it into ...

And debit card. The senate before the Senate Judiciary committee is two hours. Good morning, this hearing will come to order. American consumers today are rightly worried about inflation and rising prices for the goods they buy. Today we are going to talk about a hidden fee that fuels the fires of inflation across america every day. What they may not know is this wifi is contributing to the problem of inflation. When swipe fees on credit and debit card to go up, as they just recently did, it increases inflation. Consumers ultimately pay the price. Ironically, this journey for me started in thi...