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Pennsylvania

Curmudgeoness

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3. Micro-loans.

Reply to JPZenger (Original post)

Tue Jun 25, 2013, 06:12 PM

Jun 2013

A piece of shit by any other name smells the same.

How anyone cannot see that these loans are abusive and unconscionable is beyond me. They are a trap that will slowly drain everything from people who take them out. Seriously, 260% to 600% APR!

But I say, go for it, Repugs....piss off the reasonable religious people. (Although Jesus throwing the moneychangers out of the temple was not a condemnation of moneychangers, it was a statement about doing these non-religious things in a church. But I won't argue about that as long as they are fighting this.)

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PA. Repub. Legislators Seeking to Bring Back High Interest Rate Pay-Day Lenders [View all] JPZenger Jun 2013 OP

Mainline protestants leading the effort to keep onerous usury illegal Cirque du So-What Jun 2013 #1

Can't these legislators find ONE, just ONE, piece of legislation that is GOOD for PA? blue neen Jun 2013 #2

Micro-loans. Curmudgeoness Jun 2013 #3

Jesus said "The LOVE of money is the root of all evil" JPZenger Jun 2013 #4

And these loan sharks are the most evil. nt Curmudgeoness Jun 2013 #5