Spot-on spoof of predatory lenders

Friday, 01/22/2010 - 1:52 pm by Lynn Parramore | 2 Comments

This just crossed my desk (shout out to Erica Payne of the Agenda Project)…a brilliant spoof of an industry that richly deserves our ire.  The ‘Predatory Lending Association’ website offers handy tools like the ‘working poor finder’ and vows to continue ‘extracting maximum profit from the working poor by increasing payday loan fees and debt traps,’ noting that ‘the working poor are an exciting, fast growing demographic that includes: military personnel, minorities, and most of the middle class.’

Click here for Predatory Lending Association website.

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