15th Anniversary Study Shows California Insurance Rates Dropped 22% Under Regulation Despite National Trend Toward Higher Rates A new study of auto insurance rates in California shows that auto liability premiums in that state have…
Consumer Group Says Keys to Government Shouldn't Be In Hands of Big Business The non-profit, non-partisan Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR) criticized the prospect that the governor-elect's top legislative post will be in…
Group Acknowledges Purchase of Senators' Social Security Numbers The reckless exchange of social security numbers and other private information among America's corporations has dramatically increased Americans' risk of identity theft. Identity theft led all complaints…
"Bush took office bragging he had enacted the toughest HMO accountability law in the nation as Governor of Texas, now he has a duty to defend the law as president," said Jamie Court, FTCR's president
?,§?led on state regulators and the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the proposed merger on grounds that it will lead to pillaging of corporate accounts by top executives and lead to less competition and greater…
U.S. Senate Is Poised to Codify Practice FTCR seized on new evidence today in the New York Times that banks and credit bureaus are behind the spam epidemic to call on U.S. Senators to stop…
No Privacy For Americans, None For Citigroup CEO A California consumer group used a professional skywriter to release the first five digits of the Citigroup CEO's Social Security number today in protest of Citigroup-backed legislation…