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The Hill: The Supreme Court has emboldened the CFPB, threatening American consumers

Post author By Patrick M. Brenner
Post date May 20, 2024
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The Supreme Court’s recent ruling will only embolden CFPB Director Rohit Chopra, who has increasingly instituted overly broad regulatory actions.

Tags Angie's List, Comparison Shopping, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Credit, Elizabeth Warren, Finance, Rohit Chopra, Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS), The Hill

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New Interview Alert: Brenner on CFPB Overreach with American Legal Record Podcast

Post author By Liam Gray
Post date May 14, 2024
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Patrick M. Brenner, recently appeared on the American Legal Record Podcast to discuss his views on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and its latest regulatory moves. In this insightful interview covered by American Credit News, Patrick delves into the core issues surrounding the CFPB’s recent circular on price comparison shopping sites and critically analyzes […]

Tags American Credit News, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Credit, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Lead Generators, Lending, Rohit Chopra

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Is the CFPB Paving the Way for Single-Payer Healthcare Through Medical Debt Reform?

Post author By Patrick M. Brenner
Post date May 1, 2024
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The CFPB’s recent modifications to medical debt reporting may be subtly steering the U.S. toward a single-payer healthcare system by minimizing the visibility of medical debt.

Tags Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Credit Report, Health Insurance, Medical Debt, Medicare, Medicare for All, Nationalized Healthcare, Prescription Drugs, Single Payer Healthcare

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New Mexico’s Upcoming Special Session: Safety or Statism?

Post author By Patrick M. Brenner
Post date April 17, 2024
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Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham’s recent announcement of yet another special legislative session in New Mexico, set to commence on July 18, 2024, ostensibly aims to enhance public safety—an objective no reasonable person would oppose. However, the words of Gideon J. Tucker resonate profoundly in moments like these: “No man’s life, liberty, or property are safe […]

Tags Michelle Lujan Grisham, Safety, Safetyism, Special Session

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New Interview Alert: The Dangers of CFPB’s Latest Directive on Comparison Shopping Websites

Post author By Liam Gray
Post date April 4, 2024
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In a recent interview on Real America’s Voice, Patrick M. Brenner, President of the Southwest Public Policy Institute, sat down with host Michelle Backus to discuss a pressing issue that threatens the foundation of consumer choice and the competitive market within the United States. The topic of discussion centered around a new directive from the […]

Tags Comparison Shopping Tools, Competition, Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Digital Intermediaries, Elizabeth Warren, Free Market, Lead Generators, Real America's Voice, Rohit Chopra

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American Banker: CFPB’s latest overreach threatens to nationalize consumer finance

Post author By Patrick M. Brenner
Post date March 18, 2024
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Originally published at americanbanker.com on March 15, 2024. In a bold move that may reshape the U.S. consumer finance landscape, Rohit Chopra’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has issued Consumer Financial Protection Circular 2024-01, marking a significant overreach into how Americans access financial services. This circular scrutinizes digital intermediaries, such as comparison-shopping tools and lead generators, dictating […]

Tags Accountability, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Finance, Free Market, Personal Finance, Rohit Chopra, Transparency, Wells Fargo

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Transparency is Cultural, Not Transactional

Post author By Patrick M. Brenner
Post date March 14, 2024
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In the realm of governance, transparency and openness are not mere buzzwords but foundational pillars that uphold the edifice of democracy. In their compelling discourse, Greg Brooks and Patrick Tuohey from Better Cities Project argue that open government is inherently a cultural phenomenon rather than a transactional obligation. This perspective resonates deeply with the ethos […]

Tags Better Cities Project, City of Albuquerque, Ethan Watson, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), Inspection of Public Records Act (IPRA), New Mexico Foundation for Open Government (NMFOG), Open Government, Transparency

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Albuquerque Journal: New Mexico Parents Want Gender Ideology Out of School Curriculum

Post author By Southwest Public Policy Institute
Post date February 19, 2024
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Co-authored by Judy Pino and Patrick M. Brenner. Originally published at abqjournal.com on February 18, 2024. Radical gender ideology is running rampant through New Mexico’s public schools. State-funded after-school clubs that encourage children to explore LGBTQ+ identities without their parents’ knowledge are appearing in school districts more frequently. Children are being harmed by the dogged pursuit […]

Tags Curriculum, Education, School Choice, Students, Transgenderism, Transparency

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Deseret News: Excessive regulation is fueling a health care crisis in Utah

Post author By Patrick M. Brenner
Post date January 15, 2024
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Recent research has shown that health care consolidations not only lower costs for health care consumers but also improve multiple indicators of quality patient care.

Tags Anti-trust, Blake Moore, Debt, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Finance, Healthcare, Hospitals, House Committee on Ways and Means, John Curtis, Lian Khan, Medical, Patients

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Washington Times: The high cost of prescription drug price controls

Post author By Patrick M. Brenner
Post date December 21, 2023
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Components of the Inflation Reduction Act have the very real potential of inflating drug prices with arbitrary price controls. Consumers will pay the price.