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by: Phony Echoes » Blog Archive » Breaking Ranks » Are Credit Scores Becoming a New Excuse for Rankism?

Thu, 02 Mar 2006 09:34:21 +0000

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by: Elisa

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 04:29:10 +0000

Thank *you* for taking the time to comment! I just added a category for “technocratic rankism” just to address the scenario you’re describing. I suppose we’re all nobodies as far as government-corporate machinery goes, but there’s still various levels of crushed-ness. Once you’re “in the system”, those layers of rankism tend to pile on, getting heavier and heavier and heavier…

What we need is advocates to provide some human balance, with access to resources and a clear mandate to help people out of the nobody hole.

by: Bob Higgins

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 02:27:03 +0000

I have a friend here in Dayton, OH who was once the director of Legal Aid locally. She speaks often about the accelerating creation of an underclass in our society which I suppose is analogous to the “nobody’s’ in your piece. It often seems that minor transgressions in the lives of the relatively powerless put them “in the system” often for life. The credit thing is another crowning absurdity in our society, the idea of charging those who can least afford it more for credit through higher interest rates has always driven me to drink.
That reminds me…….

Thank you for your work,
Bob Higgins

by: Elisa

Tue, 28 Feb 2006 18:16:52 +0000

A major issue is that medical providers are now using collections agencies as first resort billing agents - even though the vast majority of medical bills contain mistakes (in the provider’s favor), and it takes forever to get these straightened out. Therefore, the credit of people who’ve other wise worked hard to maintain a good credit record is being ruined. Often these situations can be straightened out, but it takes a long time and the burden falls entirely on the consumer.