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I'm not sure they actually care in Washington. I was impacted by the OPM breech. I got a form letter and some credit monitoring. All that outrage and, as near a
by KGIII 9y ago
I'm not sure they actually care in Washington. I was impacted by the OPM breech. I got a form letter and some credit monitoring. All that outrage and, as near as I can tell, not a damned thing has changed.
I might be biased and jaded.
- kahnjw 9y agoThats exactly what I'm saying. There is near zero incentive for congress to enact consumer protection legislation.
- chiefalchemist 9y agoThere's incentive (as it's their job, or is said to be). What there isn't is a downside if they don't.
- kahnjw 9y agoIf we're talking about economic incentive, having no downside for not doing thing A is equivalent to having no incentive to do thing A. Re: opportunity cost.
- chiefalchemist 9y agoYes. In economics that's the context. But in terms of civics, I think the term is: voter apathy.
- KGIII 9y agoI was adding to, not arguing with.
- notfromhere 9y agoespecially when they're trying to dismantle what little we have (CFPB)