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Senator Dick Durbin is attempting to limit the credit options of millions of Americans. I for one am outraged, and you should be too. The proposed “Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act” will put a federal interest rate cap on all loans at 36% APR. What does this mean to you and me? Well, nothing, unless you have ever needed short-term credit like a cash advance.Credit is a simple thing to understand. For whatever reason, it is almost completely avoided in schools and practical

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Senator Dick Durbin is on a quest to kill payday loans . His legislation, “Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act,” proposes a federal interest rate cap of 36% on all loans. His support for the bill is of course weak and unfounded. Less than 3% of American families use payday loans. I think Durbin should try and find another scape goat for our economic woes. Also, over 90% of repeat borrowers pay their loans back on time. That’s a far cry from bankruptcy. A Clemson

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Senator Dick Durbin says some of the interest rates charged by payday loans are “nothing short of outrageous.”

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Just a month ago, liberal Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) was criticized by liberal bloggers for “selling out to the banking industry” on foreclosure relief — now, Durbin appears to be paying back the banking industry once again — but this time he is doing so under the guise of protecting the consumer from the “evil” payday loan industry. The bill he is pushing would place a cap on short term credit, but interestingly, bounced checks are exempted (anyone who has ever been short on cash kno

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