Payday lending: what would would Jesus charge?

Posted by Nick Slade on February 22, 2008 | Permalink

Apparently the money changers are back in the temple.

In a paper to be published this spring in the Catholic University Law Review, professors Christopher Peterson and Steven Graves find a surprising correlation between the geographic density of payday lenders and the political clout of conservative Christians. The more conservative Christians a state has the more payday lenders. See my earlier piece on payday lending in Utah

Usury: the Christian thing to do.

AFFIL: End predatory lending now and save the American dream.

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3 Comments on “Payday lending: what would would Jesus charge?”

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Chris Wheaton on February 24th, 2008, 5:57 pm  

I hope that you are talking protestant Christians and not Catholics.

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Consumer issues are not partisan | Caveat Emptor on February 27th, 2008, 11:09 am  

[...] not out to get Democrats, and mortgage brokers are not selling subprime loans only to Republicans. Payday lenders may be targeting evangelical Christians, but they are just as happy to prey on the elderly and the poor [...]

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John on August 25th, 2008, 12:48 pm  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDoeXujagE4

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