This page contains the five most recent stories from ACCESS. http://www.guardmycreditfile.org 2010-03-22T03:03:48+01:00 http://www.guardmycreditfile.org http://www.guardmycreditfile.org/images/M_images/rss.png text/html 2010-03-18T19:31:28+01:00 http://www.guardmycreditfile.org http://www.guardmycreditfile.org/content/view/1289/48/ March 17, 2010 - The economy is terrible. Even with the supposed recovery that elected officials keep talking about, there is little evidence of new jobs. This combined with other monumental issues that include healthcare reform, border control and talk of global warming are putting fire in the blood of average citizens. Citizens who have never seriously thought about running for public office. Citizens who have little or nothing in the way of campaign funds but who have the heart to believe that they can make a difference. Citizens who are fed up with the idea that Washington should be legislating everything from which doctor you use to how much sugar you should consume. People are angry and it is beginning to show. Dave Corsi is one of them. text/html 2010-03-16T18:29:42+01:00 http://www.guardmycreditfile.org http://www.guardmycreditfile.org/content/view/1288/50/ March 16, 2010 - As April approaches, you are probably thinking about taxes… at least income taxes. And if you are like most people, you are looking for things that can reduce your tax bills. But one tax reduction that many people tend to overlook is reducing their property tax bills. These bills have nothing to do with the IRS - other than the fact that property taxes are tax deductible - but in many cases they may be larger than the amount you owe to the IRS. That's the bad news. The good news is that if you purchased your home less than five years ago, there is a good chance that you can get your property tax bill reduced. text/html 2010-03-12T18:41:38+01:00 http://www.guardmycreditfile.org http://www.guardmycreditfile.org/content/view/1287/200/ March 12, 2010 - So you've lost your job and perhaps your home. The last thing you probably need is to have your state tax authorities coming after you for money. But the states are having real financial difficulties of their own. While most of their problems are due to the overspending of politicians, it doesn't alter the fact that their incessant need for money is a real problem given the state of the economy. Furthermore, with upcoming elections in November, the last things that most state politicians want to do are raise taxes or cut services. Because of these facts, the several states are looking at aggressive measures to extract more tax money from their residents. In some cases, they are also considering delays in sending out tax refunds… until August. Essentially, this would mean that the states are getting interest free loans from tax payers.   text/html 2010-03-10T19:08:48+01:00 http://www.guardmycreditfile.org http://www.guardmycreditfile.org/content/view/1286/138/ March 10, 2010 - Citibank sent out 600,000 notifications to its customers last month to warn them about a large data breach. The bank inadvertently published customer Social Security Numbers on the exterior of envelopes containing year-end tax data. text/html 2010-03-09T18:38:59+01:00 http://www.guardmycreditfile.org http://www.guardmycreditfile.org/content/view/1285/48/ March 9, 2010 - Beginning on April 5th, the next big bank bailout to be paid for by taxpayers will launch. The official name it has been given by the Obama administration is the Home Affordability Foreclosure Alternative (HAFA) program. Unofficially, it can be referred to as Cash of Keys. The program is being paid for by taxpayers and it provides money to mortgage servicers and to troubled homeowners. But the biggest beneficiaries of the program are likely to be lenders who are getting bailed out a second time. The only real difference this time is that the government is attempting to disguise the program as something else.