Jon Stewart, whose "Daily Show" has channeled consumer anger over
During his extensively detailed rant, Stewart mocked both cardholders and issuers for some of their behaviors.
“All we needed was the information!,” he said about the law’s new disclosure requirements. “Like when they put up the calorie charts at McDonald’s and you knew exactly how many calories were in the Big Macs and large fries -- that you continued to eat no matter what!”
But Stewart didn’t let the card industry off the hook, either, and he saved some darts for issuers that are now experimenting with
“Let me see if I can reenact the meeting where they came up with that,” Stewart said, before pretending to be a card executive. “’Uh, it’s not like we can charge people for not buying things – what, why is everyone kissing me?’”