Early demands to freeze the collection of past due debt during the Covid 19 shutdown had debt collectors across the nation scrambling their lobbyists to push back, expressing concerns that the suspension of debt collection activities would "pose an undue burden to the industry's ethnically diverse workforce" and leave debtors "in the dark on how to handle their debt obligations". Many find the industry’s overt cries to protect their diverse workforce ironic considering many minorities suffer … [Read more...]