Comments on: Payday Lending Bill Is Dead

By: Romeo Burke

Romeo Burke — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:29:24 +0000

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By: Nick S

Nick S — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:54:00 +0000

I’m a little confused about this post. The legislators want to keep payday loans legal or do not.

From what I am to understand, they are legal.

By: Jeffrey Sewell

Jeffrey Sewell — Sun, 18 May 2008 20:16:00 +0000

Let us deal with the real culprits of the scam the so-called establishment banking system, fortunately for me every time they try to raise my rates I just pay them off and cancel the card. Amazingly I get a reduced offer within weeks from the same folks that tried to uh well ya know!

By: Christian Taylor

Christian Taylor — Fri, 16 May 2008 18:36:07 +0000

My name is Christian Taylor and have been an Area Manager in the payday advance business for three years. To set the record straight, I know of NO payday lenders that prays on any class of people. Think about it, what business cares where their customers come from??? My point if the customer qualifies, why would it matter??? Payday advance was and is designed for “Short Term Cash Soluations”. If a customer desides to re advance or go to another Company, who are we (you) to tell them what to do and not do??? We are the land of the free!!!??? The APR is very misleading!!! Do you know how to figure APR personally??? Of course it looks very high because the loan is only streched over a two week basis in most cases. Let the people make their own minds up who they do business with. If you personally dont want to use the service of a payday lender, “Dont”. If you personally want to use a payday lenders, “I say you have the right too”. Do you tell your next door neighbors what to do and what not to do??? The answer is “No”. A “free american” should be allowed to be free of legal restrictions that only deals with their own lifes.

By: jeff

jeff — Thu, 15 May 2008 21:32:54 +0000

why do any of us even take the time…..Nobody cares about this lame ass issue. we have fallen for the media trick of paying attention to a non-issue. ahhhhhhhhh

By: Ashley

Ashley — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:39:48 +0000

“Sunshine” is right…..we need more transparency in government — it benefits everyone, including lawmakers. Right now, legislators don’t have to disclose their earnings, or call roll on their votes. And governments do not post their check registers online even though so many of them are directly or indirectly paying lobbyists. Kudos to Nikki Haley and the handful of others who are doing more than just talking about good government — they are proposing substantive ways to enforce it. Hopefully the public will start standing up with them.

Transparency is not a partisan issue, nor even a conservative vs. liberal issue. It is simply a matter of good public policy, and no one should oppose it. In fact, democracy at all levels depends upon more of it.

By: sunshine

sunshine — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:13:52 +0000

Please. Nikki Haley is one of the few members who will focus on policy and refuse to play the political CYA game. She actually pushed for real transparency this year, like roll call voting and online check registers. How many others stood up with her? The boys in the leadership club are not about to let her mess up their gravy train.

Campaign contributions are public record — but the legislator trial lawyers and consultants don’t have to disclose all the personal income they make off suing people. Perhaps they should….

Will may be on a few payrolls — who knows and who cares? He doesn’t appropriate state dollars or decide what laws you have to live with. Those who do are the ones whose paychecks I’d like to see. Unfortunately, that will never happen as long as the current crowd thinks the public does not care.

By: Mens Rea

Mens Rea — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:25:19 +0000

But they are not suing based on laws they are writing now – they’re suing based on the laws already in place. This is a critical distinction that you don’t seem to be making. It certainly is NOT the same thing for antis to pursue their lawsuits as it is for pros to take contributions from the industry, because the lawsuits will not and can not, under the prohibition on ex post facto legislation, be affected by what happens at the State House.

Don, do you, in your magnificent conservative wisdom, suggest that public education is the answer?

The structure and history of our society is such that a significant segment of our state’s population doesn’t know how to live in a world of numbers and laws. That is a fact. We can try to help them, or blame them for their own predicament and just try to keep them occupied enough to stay out of our yards.

By: BarOfSoap

BarOfSoap — Thu, 15 May 2008 17:24:14 +0000

Willie, some of us actually prefer your animated “F’s & asterisks.” They add a certain finesse to the dialogue…

By: yeah

yeah — Thu, 15 May 2008 17:03:20 +0000

The Senate is trying to attach the pay day regulation bill to another bill. Andre will rule on the point of order raised against this attempt on Tuesday.