Rosemary2205
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Tue May-15-07 12:42 AM
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| 15. Georgia outlawed payday loans. |
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They are beating on the Title pawn places now trying to figure out how to shut them down too - or at least keep them on a VERY short leash.
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| -The Poverty Business...Link - OUTRAGEOUS |
debbierlus |
May-14-07 07:42 PM |
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I wish I could rec these kind of stories ten times. |
Matsubara |
May-14-07 07:49 PM |
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Yeah, me too. |
calimary |
May-15-07 05:57 AM |
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OMG - Just read the article. $8000 bux for a 6-year old Saturn with 100+K miles?!?! |
Matsubara |
May-14-07 07:54 PM |
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6 year old Saturn sedan w/100k today=$4790 |
Jim Warren |
May-14-07 09:27 PM |
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a 6 year old saturn that`s going to cost a months net to fix. |
madrchsod |
May-15-07 07:18 AM |
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Things like this |
BluePatriot |
May-15-07 11:36 AM |
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K&R |
Morgana LaFey |
May-14-07 08:00 PM |
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Like Hedge Funds That Push Subprime Lending? |
MannyGoldstein |
May-14-07 08:06 PM |
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Sure, it's about as clear |
JTFrog |
May-15-07 05:33 AM |
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You know those ads that run on TV - let us help you by giving you thousands |
truedelphi |
May-14-07 08:09 PM |
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Predatory lending! Didn’t that use to be illegal? nt |
siligut |
May-15-07 11:29 AM |
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A lot of things used to be illegal (nt) |
FatDave |
May-15-07 12:19 PM |
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ah jeez...I had to add my two...or three ..cents |
stillcool47 |
May-14-07 08:39 PM |
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Oh man. That should have its own thread. |
Wednesdays |
May-15-07 07:40 AM |
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This should definitely have its own thread. |
Dora |
May-15-07 09:48 AM |
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Actually... |
stillcool47 |
May-15-07 06:31 PM |
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Don't compare China's |
JimDandy |
May-15-07 11:00 AM |
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I suppose if I looked... |
stillcool47 |
May-15-07 06:50 PM |
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Thanks for pulling all those articles together. |
JimDandy |
May-16-07 07:34 PM |
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They should have to pay the difference in pay to someone |
klyon |
May-15-07 01:43 PM |
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As someone whose family was about two weeks away |
edwardsguy |
May-14-07 08:40 PM |
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It is a vicious cycle, I agree. |
siligut |
May-15-07 11:27 AM |
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It's gut-wrenching when you hear it first-hand (or near first-hand). |
calimary |
May-17-07 11:23 AM |
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What's really FUNNY-- so many of these profiteeers are Fundies... |
bobbolink |
May-14-07 09:34 PM |
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Do you ever wonder if they read the Bible they are so wont |
brer cat |
May-14-07 10:44 PM |
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I'd like to know what "version" it is they read! They're so proud of knowing the bible backwards an |
bobbolink |
May-15-07 11:56 AM |
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According to fundy belief |
Nobody |
May-15-07 06:35 AM |
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Yep-that fundie belief that god is blessing only those who deserve it |
TheGoldenRule |
May-15-07 08:28 AM |
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AH George Mason...Isn't that where that Williams economist guy is from, the one that subs for Rush? |
Nikki Stone1 |
May-14-07 09:34 PM |
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former Enron Director Wendy Gramm is at George Mason |
cosmicdot |
May-14-07 11:17 PM |
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As a public university, it shouldn't play host to these parasites |
Nikki Stone1 |
May-15-07 07:27 AM |
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that is Virginia |
klyon |
May-15-07 01:53 PM |
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You do so "get it" debbierlus. |
brer cat |
May-14-07 10:34 PM |
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The working poor have always gotten the short shrift. |
Cleita |
May-15-07 12:37 AM |
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elderly and disabled poor people don't do so well, either. |
bobbolink |
May-15-07 07:52 PM |
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Georgia outlawed payday loans. |
Rosemary2205 |
May-15-07 12:42 AM |
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I talked about the same thing last week |
hfojvt |
May-15-07 01:03 AM |
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Proud to be Recommend 25!! |
Breeze54 |
May-15-07 01:03 AM |
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The parable of the box |
undergroundpanther |
May-15-07 01:32 AM |
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Like I say, More Socialist leanings will improve the society. (n/t) |
Tyler Durden |
May-15-07 05:36 AM |
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Not unless we ridicule those who continue to use "Socialist" as an insult. |
bunkerbuster1 |
May-15-07 07:44 AM |
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Amen to that. n/t |
Tyler Durden |
May-15-07 08:08 AM |
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it has always been this way and while it doesn't make it right |
bleedingheart |
May-15-07 05:39 AM |
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IF we lived in a country that respected labor and the consumer, |
The Backlash Cometh |
May-15-07 06:15 AM |
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"he lives in a mind of his own" |
madrchsod |
May-15-07 07:28 AM |
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And everybody wonders why I hate rich people |
camero |
May-15-07 08:11 AM |
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Yet there are some even here on DU who think nothing of rampant capitalism |
TheGoldenRule |
May-15-07 08:17 AM |
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very true |
unpossibles |
May-15-07 08:25 AM |
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the interest rates and prices are high to reflect the risk |
Hamlette |
May-15-07 09:57 AM |
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Poppycock. There is a perfectly viable alternative, revert to the economic system |
greyhound1966 |
May-15-07 10:22 AM |
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Speaking of 'kool-aid' |
kineta |
May-15-07 10:41 AM |
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Not at all, the poor were stepped on then as well. We haven't regressed all the way back |
greyhound1966 |
May-15-07 12:46 PM |
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that would be slavery? Farming? Relying on private charity? |
Hamlette |
May-15-07 12:44 PM |
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Slavery was a social institution, not an economic model and farming is still our largest industry. |
greyhound1966 |
May-15-07 01:04 PM |
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I actually do know a little about banking |
Hamlette |
May-15-07 07:44 PM |
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What is a little about the banking industry? Do you have an understanding of how the central banking |
greyhound1966 |
May-16-07 03:11 AM |
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how about this as a starting point for the discussion |
Hamlette |
May-16-07 11:57 AM |
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That is the crux of the biscuit (thanks, Frank), the credit based economy and |
greyhound1966 |
May-16-07 03:25 PM |
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That's the problem in a nutshell |
gravity |
May-15-07 11:39 AM |
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The weak and disabled are prey for the government enabled sharks... |
Blackhatjack |
May-15-07 10:04 AM |
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We have an OUTRAGEOUS Payday Lender Ad running here ... |
Blackhatjack |
May-15-07 10:12 AM |
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Wow. Posted this before I went to bed - |
debbierlus |
May-15-07 10:26 AM |
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The extensive comments pages at BW are worth a look as well. |
bunkerbuster1 |
May-15-07 10:34 AM |
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I have a Question: Why should anyone who is a taxpayer pay more interest than others? |
Blackhatjack |
May-15-07 10:54 AM |
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It's nothing poor people don't know, but the rest of you need to. - n/t |
porphyrian |
May-15-07 11:32 AM |
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Readers comments (not unlike some you'll see here)... |
acmavm |
May-15-07 12:28 PM |
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"No to the new bauble" |
wryter2000 |
May-15-07 01:57 PM |
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Yep, them that got theirs sure as hell begrudge the same thing |
acmavm |
May-15-07 02:04 PM |
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They sure do! |
Nobody |
May-15-07 10:23 PM |
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Many of those comments are not surprising, but no less disturbing for it. n/t |
Mark Twain Girl |
May-15-07 05:17 PM |
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Ah, Welcome back to the NEW MedEVIL times, courtesey BUSHco! |
Tigress DEM |
May-15-07 05:53 PM |
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I'm just amazed pay-day loans are legal with their interests rates |
WindRavenX |
May-15-07 05:54 PM |
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I know this will piss of the capitalists |
ProudDad |
May-15-07 06:36 PM |
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Living of loans is the form of modern slavery nt |
conspirator |
May-15-07 06:52 PM |
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