December 24, 2024
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#1081 Payday Loans: the Cost of Being Poor
Starting January 1st, the criminal interest rate on predatory lending will be lowered, meaning it should be safer to take out payday and installment loans. But these businesses have a tendency to skirt the law, adding unexpected fees and insurance rates to keep borrowers in the hole.
Sam Konnert
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Aviva Lessard
Producer
Caleb Thompson
Audio Editor
max collins
Production Manager
Jesse Brown
Host & Publisher

Sam welcomes Donna Borden to the show – an organizer with ACORN. She’s been a victim to these loans, and is now fighting against them. Will the crackdown work and really help lower people’s payments? How can we make short term loans a real option for people struggling, without the sky-high payments?

 

Host: Sam Konnert

Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Sam Konnert (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Max Collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor), Tony Wang (Artwork)

 

Guests: Donna Borden

 

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