Tuesday, February 8, 2011

"Voices of Credit Reform": Robin's Stories

Elizabeth Warren introduces Robin Fox, a seventh-grade science teacher from Georgia. Her credit card company increased the rate on her existing credit card balance from 10.90% to 17.90%, even though she paid her account on time every month. The increase has been particularly difficult for her family because her husband's landscaping business has been hard hit recently by the financial crisis.

"Voices of Reform in Egypt" : Farid

Farid Ismail Abdel Halim, 53, is a pharmacist, father of six, and member of the Muslim Brotherhood, the 83-year-old Islamist opposition group banned by the Mubarak regime. He served in parliament 2005-2010, but lost November's parliamentary elections. He is a fervent reader of political news (Al Jazeera is his go-to). And save the foreign journalists, he might be one of the only men who has donned a suit all week in Tahrir Square.

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