Dean Baker for Truthout: A job guarantee may be a good aspirational goal, but we have a lot of messy work that we have to deal with first.
A GOP bill would neuter the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau so that it no longer serves as a watchdog against the predatory practices of financial institutions.
Jeffrey R. McCord is a former US Senate staffer and former Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) executive, and has been a freelance journalist for Dow Jones publications. McCord, whose academic work includes postgraduate studies at the London School of Economics and George Washington University, writes and edits The Investor Advocate, a pro-investor-protection blog.
