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WADE RATHKE is the founder of ACORN, Chief Organizer at ACORN International, and Author of "Nuts & Bolts", "Citizen Wealth", "Global Grassroots", and "The Battle for the 9th Ward".

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Power and Farce of Credit Scores

Citizen Wealth Financial Justice July 24, 2010July 24, 2010 by wade

New Orleans Joe Nocera, the “Talking Business” columnist for the New York Times wrote a “peoples” piece today, which is worth a couple of atta-boys!  The whole problem of home mortgages and the ridiculous power of credit scores (FICO scores) could be the subject of whole books for the scam involved and the damage done, …

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