Social Issues

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by Carl Chancellor - Published March 01, 2010
http://uspoverty.change.org/blog/view/what_the_mob_can_learn_from_payday...

Frankly, I would have more respect for payday lenders if they would simply pull a gun on their customers and shout: "This is a stickup!" At least they would be honest about their intentions.

What else would you call charging someone 400 percent to upwards of 900 percent interest but robbery?

The mob offers better rates and easier terms than payday lenders.

By Keith Epstein, The Huffington Post Investigative Fund
Posted on March 2, 2010 - http://www.alternet.org/story/145860/

The influential $42 billion-a-year payday lending industry, thriving from a surge in emergency loans to people struggling through the recession, is pouring record sums into lobbying, campaign contributions, and public relations – and getting results.

Watch Californication Online

Article marketing consists of taking a highly competitive industry such as the “payday loan” and “short term loan” industries and writing highly targeted articles or lame fuzzy logic articles on that subject in order to get people to apply online.

Usually people submit these articles on websites such as ezinearticles.com and associatedcontent.com because these type of sites routinely rank well for not so competitive keywords. They do not see anywhere near the type of income as can be produced through "The Personal Money Whores" program.

The payday lending business model relies on trapping consumers on an perpetual debt treadmill. The typical borrower pays back $793 for a $325 loan, and APRs on two-week payday loans range from 390% – 780%.

Fortunately, more and more states are protecting their residents from this usurious practice. In 2008, New Hampshire, Ohio and Arizona joined twelve other states that had previously outlawed high-cost payday lending.

What Republicans say:
“Family values”
What they mean:
“I value my family; to hell with yours.”

What Republicans say:
“Personal responsibility”
What they mean:
“Rich people are responsible; if you’re poor, it must be because you’re irresponsible.”

What Republicans say:
“Fiscal responsibility”
What they mean:
“Obliterating the budget with war and tax breaks”

What Republicans say:
“Fair and balanced”
What they mean:
“Biased in my favor”

What Republicans say:
“Pro-life”
What they mean:

i can feel al's pain,climate control starts with parents,and getting though to thier childern.if they cannot take care of the duck ponds at the city park.litter though-out the communities.the run-off ratio is too great with 400-million people.take just the plastics now in our oceans. education.to the people making one dollar - to -30,000 thousand a year.reach more rual communities.the public cries but the public is killing it self.

The Huffington Post

October 23, 2008

One of the greatest benefits of an Obama presidency is hidden in plain sight: the relationship between Michelle and Barack. They provide a great role model of a healthy relationship, at a time when such models are sorely needed.

For example...
Imagine having a president who is not distracted from the nation's business by the stresses of secrets in the presidential marriage.

Bail the home owners out, not the wall street execs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S27yitK32ds

THEY ALMOST PULLED A FAST ONE!! :-)

The bailout will force the feds to raise taxes, regardless of who becomes the next president.

The bailout will make Dems look as if they are full of $%@# when they say they represent the middle class.

The bailout will turn all your campaign promises into lies, because they won't have the money for the programs they promise.

The bailout will assure cuts in your favorite social programs.