Consumer

News Release | Consumer, Higher Ed, Transit

Ryan Budget a Windfall for Special Interests, Devastating to Public Priorities

Statement of U.S. PIRG Tax and Budget Associate Dan Smith on the FY 2013 budget proposed by Chairman Paul Ryan of the House Budget Committee.

Resource | Consumer

FAILbook

Facebook makes it pretty tough for you to control who gets to see your personal information. This guide will walk you through, step by step, how to adjust your settings to control who can see your information on Facebook.

News Release | Consumer

Facebook’s Tax Dodge Stands to Make Billions for Company and Zuckerberg

U.S. Senator Carl Levin isn’t necessarily the man you’d look to for the latest news about Facebook. The 77-year old was described by Time magazine as “pudgy, balding and occasionally rumpled, and he constantly wears his glasses at the very tip of his nose.” However, today he broke some shocking news on the Senate floor about special tax favors that Facebook and its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, will enjoy at great cost to the U.S. Treasury.

Groups target textbook prices to rein in college costs

A push to create free or inexpensive textbooks is gaining momentum as educators, philanthropists and policymakers nationwide search for new ways to rein in college costs.

News Release | CALPIRG Education Fund | Consumer

CALPIRG Releases New Shopping Guide For Cell Phones

San Francisco, CA – It is a challenge to save money when shopping for a cell phone, but it needn’t be. The California Public Interest Research Education Fund (CALPIRG) released today a new cell phone shoppers’ guide titled Making the Right Call: A Consumers' Guide to a New Cell Phone Plan, offering simple tips consumers can take to save money when buying a new cell phone

Resource | Consumer, Health Care

Young Person's Guide to Health Insurance

Under the federal health care law, young adults have access to new, previously unavailable health insurance options. To make the most of those new choices, you need to learn the facts. This guide is designed to help you do that.

Resource | Consumer

Student Consumer Action Network Project Packet

 

Download this resource for everything you need to know to organize the consumer campaign on your campus.

 

2012 Starts with a Win!

By | Brian Moe
WashPIRG State Board Chair

2012 Starts with a Win!

2012 has already brought a tremendous victory for students and families.

Today the President appointed Richard Cordray as the director of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The CFPB will rein in the bad business practices of banks, lenders, and credit card companies.

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Campaign | Consumer

Student Consumer Action Network

Our economy needs to be fair to consumers in order to function. While a company may make a short-term profit from ripping off consumers or putting an unsafe product on the market, it's not good for anyone in the long term.

Winning! Facebook settles with FTC

By | Student PIRGs

Big News.

Today Facebook settled a privacy complaint with the Federal Trade Commission. The FTC says Facebook "deceived consumers by telling them they could keep their information on Facebook private, and then repeatedly allowing it to be shared and made public." Read the FTC's full statement here.

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