By MICHELLE SINGLETARY
Gannett News Service

In what will undoubtedly be the first of many "I told you so" reports,
the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys has found
that, overwhelmingly, people who file for bankruptcy protection aren't
deadbeats who went on shopping sprees with the intention of shirking
their debts.

That's quite contrary to what was being claimed by supporters of the new
federal bankruptcy law that went into effect last October.

For years, those proponents argued that ...   more »