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Debt collectors to get even more business

Now it seems that debts to the government -- taxes, student loans, and that kind of thing -- are going to be collected by private DCAs. I suppose that after the success of Erudio they decided to take things to the next level.
http://www.leftfutures.org/2015/01/osborne-sets-the-debt-collectors-on-little-people-but-ignores-fat-cat-tax-dodgers/

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  • Sazzie23
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    And private DcA will get more profit, they'll see it as a win win, I noticed it's not a British DcA they have employed ! Wonder who the shareholders are??
    Debt -it's a fight that I'm winning, dealing with debt one day at a time.
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  • Did you know BIS did a due diligence report on Eruido that they refuse to release!
    It is because it may not even exist and it may be corruption.
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