Usury Laws

How Barack Can Get His Groove Back

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Credit Card Reform, Populism, Wall Street, Financial Reform, Health Care Reform, Obama State of the Union, Usury Laws, Massachusetts Senate Race, Democratic Party, The Interests, Barack Obama, Usury, Politics News
Robert S. McElvaine

All President Obama needs to do to rally a substantial majority of the American people to his side is to make it clear that he is on their side and against their real enemies.

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Large Banks Market Payday Loans To Their Customers

startribune.com | CHRIS SERRES, Star Tribune | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Payday Loans, u.s. Bancorp, Usury Laws, Check Cashing, Fifth Third Bancorp, Wells Fargo, Business News

A few of the nation's largest banks -- including Minneapolis-based U.S. Bancorp, Wells Fargo & Co. of San Francisco, and Fifth Third Bancorp of Cincin...

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An Ancient Basis for Tomorrow's Financial Regulations: Rethinking Usury Law

Jay Michaelson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Christianity, Financial Crisis, Timothy Geithner, Judaism, Usury-Laws, Derivatives, Credit Crisis, Credit Default Swaps, Politics News
Jay Michaelson

To ban or heavily regulate usurious derivative securities is not socialism. It is Christianity and Judaism.

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Ryan Grim

Sanders To Introduce Bill To Cap Credit Card Rates At 15 Percent

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Credit Cards, Interest Rates, Usury Laws, Bernie Sanders, Politics News

Banks that have thanked taxpayers for bailout cash by jacking up credit card interest rates have sparked a backlash on Capitol Hill. Majority Whip Dic...

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