Financial literacy

Chris Beggy news at kippona.com
Thu May 16 17:19:21 PDT 2002


"Nathan Newman" <nathan at newman.org> writes:


> Although the odd politics now is actually on the Republican side-- the
> current bill in the Senate doesn't allow the anti-abortion protesters to
> escape financial penalties by declaring bankrupty (as the Operation Rescue
> folks did). Dems on the committee like Schumer, who seem willing to screw
> their union/consumer base on this one, are not willing to abandon the
> pro-choicers so they are not budging on the issue.

Wow! Who put the anti-abortion provision in the bill? Why can't they just be covered by prevailing bankruptcy law?

Are there any other targeted groups in the bill, like people with child support obligations, felons, etc.?

A good url is fine too. I'm being a little lazy...

Chris



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