Bail-out=Higher Interest Rates???????

The big banks got billions of our tax dollars to rescue them from their own financial mess. Now, they turn around and hit us with higher interest rates and fees on our credit cards. When are consumers going to stop getting the short end in this bailout? Chase, Citibank, HSBC, Capitol One and others recently hiked interest rates with the average card rate now about 14%. Meanwhile, the banks are paying as little as 0% for overnight loans. Unbelievable. Federal agencies passed a rule cracking down on abusive credit card rate hikes, but it won’t go into effect until mid-2010. That gives banks more than a year to try and make up for their bad bets by charging you more. Tell Congress to pass credit card reform right now -- we can’t wait another year.

Nine food deaths too many A leaky, pigeon-infested roof may be the source of the peanut-salmonella outbreak. A simple fix, but it had been seven years since the FDA inspected the Georgia plant. Stop these preventable outbreaks - require the FDA inspect food plants every year! Small-business owners, big problems Small businesses create two-thirds of all new jobs, but they can’t grow when they’re struggling under ballooning health care costs. If you own a business, tell us your experience with health insurance costs. Your story will help get the changes we all need. Stuck with high overdraft fees? If you take out too much at the ATM, do you really want the bank to give you all the money and then charge you a fat overdraft fee? Tell the Federal Reserve to give you the right to opt-in to overdraft "protection." On the brink of losing your home? President Obama just announced his plan to help Americans facing foreclosure. Are you one of them? If so, tell us your story so we can work on reforms that will help homeowners stay in their houses.