$787 billion dollars
Now that Congress has passed the $787 billion dollar Economic Stimulus Bill, many people are taking a closer look at just what’s inside it and wonder if “Barack Obama’s Payday Loan for America” wouldn’t have been a more apt name. There’s already been considerable wrangling about all the [...]
Payday loans for a lobbyist’s copy
Payday loans to doughnuts, that stimulus bill sure made it through Congress fast, eh? According to Paul Bedard’s recent U.S. News and World Report’s “Washington Whispers” column, developments have been quite shocking.
How shocking? Well, get this. Capitol Hill is up in arms – not because [...]
Economic stimulus package shrinking
If changes to the economic stimulus package go through, more people might end up needing instant payday loans because they need cash in a hurry.
Yesterday the U.S. Senate passed an $838 billion version of the economic stimulus package, and today Congress is working to lower the cost [...]