{"id":137761,"date":"2019-02-07T18:29:31","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T01:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2019\/02\/07\/because-of-course-the-trump-administration-is-gutting-payday-lending-rules.html"},"modified":"2019-02-07T18:29:31","modified_gmt":"2019-02-08T01:29:31","slug":"because-of-course-the-trump-administration-is-gutting-payday-lending-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2019\/02\/07\/because-of-course-the-trump-administration-is-gutting-payday-lending-rules.html","title":{"rendered":"Because of course the Trump Administration is gutting payday lending rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Because making money off of poor people (the the bonus of keeping them poor) is the American Way, in the eyes of the Trumpists.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/economy\/financial-watchdog-to-gut-its-payday-lending-rules'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/Nc1mklQpnSOj2sPPVxiIpjNw1TefbG7qElqCxNLGv34W4-HgNHLBZkXhrvEPY5-g5V5zSuOrqXwLVBm7HhlKr8n4fu3o9ntUUa8iekvSoJh7untYyG7AVjXDy-Lofvbo9u024pIHPPqa=w506-h910' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/economy\/financial-watchdog-to-gut-its-payday-lending-rules'>Financial watchdog to gut its payday lending rules<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nConsumer Financial Protection Bureau is getting rid of a requirement that lenders make sure borrowers could afford to repay a payday loan without being stuck in a cycle of debt, a standard known as &#8220;ability to repay.&#8221;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/ZubemLvYdTk'>Original Post<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Because making money off of poor people (the the bonus of keeping them poor) is the American Way, in the eyes of the Trumpists. Financial watchdog to gut its payday lending rules Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is getting rid of a requirement that lenders make sure borrowers could afford to repay a payday loan without &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2019\/02\/07\/because-of-course-the-trump-administration-is-gutting-payday-lending-rules.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Because of course the Trump Administration is gutting payday lending rules&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":40947,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/02\/02\/a-clever-post-office-idea-that-will-never-be-allowed.html","url_meta":{"origin":137761,"position":0},"title":"A Clever Post Office Idea That Will Never Be Allowed","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 2-Feb-14 1:47pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Because the USPS can't change its services without getting congressional approval. 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