And Gephardt would require a national referendum before Congress could raise tax rates again. That's why my plan would not increase the deficit by one red cent. Bank fees drive customers to credit unions Bank fees rose at four times the rate of inflation between 1990 and 1993, according to a study by the Consumer Federation of America and the U.S. Public Interest Research Group, which suggested that consumers consider switching to credit unions as an alternative to banks. The CU Executive's 1992 fee survey found 58 percent of credit unions offer free checking, compared with only 18.9 percent of banks. On average, credit unions allow members 35 checks before fees kick in, compared with 14 free checks for banks.
Some credit unions have no limits.
He was 92. He also encouraged a generation of progressive Democrats in Texas at a time when ballot-crossing conservatives shut them out of party functions. Yarborough ran two Quixotic races in the early 1950s against conservative Democrat Allan Shivers, who led most of the state's Democratic officials in cross-filing as Republicans to highlight their disputes with the national Democratic leadership. When Shivers stepped down in 1956, the conservatives put up Price Daniel, a U.S. senator, who beat Yarborough by only 3,171 votes out of nearly 1.4 million cast. Yarborough believed the election had been stolen from him.