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Patrick Brenner

Arizona, New Mexico, Texas
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Covers:  financial inclusivity, consumer credit, personal finance, government transparency
Doesn't Cover: social issues, election "fraud", conspiracy theories
Writer. Thinker. Advocate. @southwestpolicy muckrack.com/pmbrenner91 southwestpolicy.com

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Patrick Brenner’s Biography

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Patrick M. Brenner is the President of the Southwest Public Policy Institute, a research institute dedicated to improving the quality of life in the American Southwest by formulating, promoting, and defending sound public policy solutions.

Before launching SPPI, Patrick worked in public relations and marketing, then took charge of the donor engagement and government transparency litigation programs at the Rio Grande Foundation as the Vice President of Development. Patrick’s experience, advocacy…

Patrick Brenner’s Journalist Portfolio

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The Case Against 30-Year Mortgages

The Case Against 30-Year Mortgages

Subsidized debt drives up prices, sucks up wealth, and makes it hard for millennials to buy homes.

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Trump can delete Elizabeth Warren's failed experiment once and for all

Trump can delete Elizabeth Warren's failed experiment once and for all

Rohit Chopra's departure as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau should not be just the end o…

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President-elect Trump should declare a ceasefire in the war on credit

President-elect Trump should declare a ceasefire in the war on credit

Under the Biden administration, a trio of regulatory agencies have teamed up to limit consumers' access to cr…

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The Supreme Court has emboldened the CFPB, threatening American consumers

The Supreme Court has emboldened the CFPB, threatening American consumers

The CFPB demands rigorous scrutiny by unconflicted watchdogs to restore sanity to our digital and economic la…

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Who's protecting consumers from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau?

Who's protecting consumers from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau?

On behalf of the 256,000 American consumers whose protected information was compromised by the agency tasked …

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Hit the brakes on Elizabeth Warren's beleaguered bureaucracy

Hit the brakes on Elizabeth Warren's beleaguered bureaucracy

The overzealous Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, first proposed by Elizabeth Warren, is on a collision c…

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My Retirement Accounts Fail in the World I Actually Live In

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By Patrick Brenner
| The Epoch Times
I remember the first time I logged into my retirement account as a young professional. It felt like a milestone: proof that I had entered the world of adulthood, of long-term thinking, of ownership. I work in the nonprofit sector, so technically it’s a 403(b), not a 401(k). The distinction is academic; the promise is the same: contribute consistently, invest wisely, and over time, build financial independence. We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or use a different browser.
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Illinois and Colorado are coming for your airline miles

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By Patrick Brenner
| The Hill
Opinion>Opinions - Finance The views expressed by contributors are their own and not the view of The Hill by Patrick M. Brenner, opinion contributor - 05/27/26 1:00 PM ET Link copied by Patrick M. Brenner, opinion contributor - 05/27/26 1:00 PM ET Link copied FILE – In this Thursday, Nov. 28, 2013, file photo, a woman pays by credit card while checking out at a retail store in Colma, Calif.(AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File) Spirit Airlines is gone. The airline business is fragile. Fuel prices move.
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Opinion - Illinois and Colorado are coming for your airline miles

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By Patrick Brenner
| Yahoo Finance
Spirit Airlines is gone. The airline business is fragile. Fuel prices move. Labor costs rise. Consumers chase low fares. Regulators block mergers. Politicians threaten bailouts. Then, when the math no longer works, planes stop flying. That is what happened to Spirit. Now, just as travelers are watching one low-cost carrier disappear from the sky, politicians in Illinois and Colorado are threatening another piece of the aviation economy: the credit-card rewards system that increasingly powers airlines.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

I pitched to the Federalist in a freelance capacity

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes. An Underwood from the 1920's.

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Winston Smith, citizen journalist from 1984

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