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Fact Sheet: Young Americans Deserve a Strong Consumer Bureau to Protect them from Unfair Financial Practices

August 29, 2011
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Too many young Americans have paid the price for an outdated regulatory system that has left our financial system vulnerable to collapse and our families without adequate protections.

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Michael McCauley
Associate Director, Strategic Communications
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