{"id":34,"date":"2009-05-19T21:05:34","date_gmt":"2009-05-20T04:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bear-candc.com\/amk\/kittyblog\/?p=34"},"modified":"2009-05-19T21:05:34","modified_gmt":"2009-05-20T04:05:34","slug":"democratic-sen-byron-dorgan%e2%80%99s-kitty-gate-busted-disgusted-and-can%e2%80%99t-be-trusted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asinglelion.com\/kittyblog\/?p=34","title":{"rendered":"Democratic Sen. Byron Dorgan\u2019s Kitty Gate: Busted Disgusted and Can\u2019t be Trusted"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Democratic Sen. Byron Dorgan\u2019s Kitty Gate: Busted Disgusted and Can\u2019t be Trusted<\/span><\/p>\n

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Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND) is simply grandstanding over the hello kitty credit card. <\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cSenator Byron Dorgan on the Senate floor on Monday criticized card issuers, citing what he said was a marketing pitch by a major issuer for a pink, white and yellow “Hello Kitty” credit card aimed at children 10 to 14 years of age.\u201d<\/em><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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“I’d just love to know the person who thought this up and to say, ‘Are you nuts?'” Dorgan said. “What on earth are credit companies doing soliciting young kids to get a credit card?”<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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There problem with senator\u2019s please diatribe is \u00a0<\/span>its not true. I believe Mr. Dorgan argument is a classic Red Hearing in attempt to divert attention to the credit card by diverting and misquoting Bruce Giuliano of Sanrio, the actual quote was lifted from a 2004 press story concerning the Hello Kitty debit card <\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201c”Freedom! You can use the Hello Kitty Debit MasterCard to shop ’til you drop,” the card’s Web site enthuses. \u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The prospective audience? The young women who grew up with the 30-year-old icon — as well as much younger girls. “We think our target age group will be from 10 to 14, although it could certainly go younger<\/span>,<\/strong>” said Bruce Giuliano, senior vice president of licensing for Sanrio Inc., which owns the brand. <\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Since only parents (or at least anyone older than 18) can sign up for the card<\/strong><\/span>, Hello Kitty thinks it’s a great way for adults to “help teach their children how to manage their finances,” Giuliano said. Next up, he added, is a prepaid Hello Kitty cell phone. \u201c (1.)<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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He does not even mention anything about the Hello Kitty Credit Card, which is different from the \u00a0<\/span>Prepaid debit card; furthermore; I dose make sense, 10 to 14 is the age a child start receiving an allowance \u00a0<\/span>and many parents are giving children prepaid debit cards instead of cash. <\/span><\/p>\n

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As for the credit card, all he needs to do was to go here\u00a0<\/a> <\/span>and notice one need to be 18 to apply \u00a0<\/span>not 10 or 14. <\/span><\/p>\n

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The web site<\/p>\n

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Does this look like a 10 to 14 year old can apply?<\/span><\/p>\n

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MR. Dorgan\u00a0 <\/span>owes Miss Kitty an apology. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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1. Girls Go From Hello Kitty To Hello Debit Card<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Brand’s Power Tapped to Reach Youth<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

By Caroline E. Mayer<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Washington Post Staff Writer<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Sunday, October 3, 2004; Page A01<\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/articles\/A2959-2004Oct2.html<\/span><\/p>\n

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