Here's an idea create some jobs that pay you enough to pay your bills.  I made over $60,000 a year in 2007, and then I way laid off, and have not even come close to replacing that income.  So if we are creating new jobs that pay maybe $10 per hour, how is that helping?  I don't think I'm asking for a handout, but I am ...more

Your credit score says nothing about who you are as a person, or your character or morality.  It should be illegal for employers to check your credit.  It is illegal for them to not hire you do to bad credit, but who is watching them to make sure that does not happen, I have your answer, NO ONE.

Credit scores have only been used widely since the 1980's, since then A LOT of things have changed.  Back then banks would only loan you what they knew you could pay back, also the chances of you losing your job back then was extremely lower than today.  I think that the fair Isaacs credit system needs to be squashed a...more