Patrick Brenner
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Patrick Brenner’s Journalist Portfolio
View as a gridThe Case Against 30-Year Mortgages
The Wall Street Journal
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Subsidized debt drives up prices, sucks up wealth, and makes it hard for millennials to buy homes.
Trump can delete Elizabeth Warren's failed experiment once and for all
Fox News
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Rohit Chopra's departure as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau should not be just the end of his tenure but the beginning of the end for the CFPB itself.
President-elect Trump should declare a ceasefire in the war on credit
American Banker
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Under the Biden administration, a trio of regulatory agencies have teamed up to limit consumers' access to credit. The incoming administration should force them to stand down.
The Supreme Court has emboldened the CFPB, threatening American consumers
The Hill
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The CFPB demands rigorous scrutiny by unconflicted watchdogs to restore sanity to our digital and economic landscapes. Only then can we ensure that our digital domains remain vibrant and accessible from the heavy hand of misguided governance.
Who's protecting consumers from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau?
Fox News
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On behalf of the 256,000 American consumers whose protected information was compromised by the agency tasked with protecting consumers, what are we supposed to do?
Hit the brakes on Elizabeth Warren's beleaguered bureaucracy
Fox News
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The overzealous Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, first proposed by Elizabeth Warren, is on a collision course with American consumer interests.
If I can't get an 'emergency' loan from a bank, it's not clear who possibly can
American Banker
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Last year, my state of New Mexico passed ostensibly progressive legislation capping interest rates at an annual percentage rate (APR) of 36%. The move was intended to shut down predatory payday lenders, and supporters of the legislation assured those who believed the legislation would leave a void in the market for specialized emergency loans that, in fact, that void would be filled by banks who would step in to offer this kind of credit.