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kgnu_fan

(3,021 posts)
Fri Mar 18, 2016, 11:17 AM Mar 2016

The payday loan family behind Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s deregulatory zeal

http://littlesis.org/news/2016/03/11/the-payday-loan-family-behind-debbie-wasserman-schultzs-deregulatory-zeal/

Why is Rep. Wasserman Schultz going to bat for an industry that is bleeding her constituency dry to the tune of $280 million per year? One possibility: Florida’s leading family of payday loan profiteers is a major donor to Wasserman Schultz, and shelled out a series of large contributions to her campaign last June. Perhaps she is repaying the favor.

For Florida-based Amscot Financial, predatory lending is a family business. CEO Ian MacKechnie – who is worth millions – has said that he “sympathizes with his hard-luck customers” and that he wants to “feel like we’re offering valuable services at reasonable prices.”



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The payday loan family behind Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s deregulatory zeal (Original Post) kgnu_fan Mar 2016 OP
She's disgusting on so many levels Roland99 Mar 2016 #1
Pure filth. FlatBaroque Mar 2016 #10
And she is meddling with the entire Presidential election process. kgnu_fan Mar 2016 #13
And this, my friends, is what we are supposed to donate to, to vote for - this is what now djean111 Mar 2016 #2
"Let's Make A Deal." dchill Mar 2016 #3
This is a perfect preview of an Hillary administration. Do you favor the payday loan industry? Kip Humphrey Mar 2016 #4
Absolutely disgusting. TDale313 Mar 2016 #5
Payday loan interest astrophuss42 Mar 2016 #6
This is what Democratic Party has become...corrupt....We need to clean it up. kgnu_fan Mar 2016 #7
We've always had corrupt Democrats but it seems like we used to be more embarrassed about them. Gidney N Cloyd Mar 2016 #9
Now she is influencing Presidential Election process. Horrible for the Party. kgnu_fan Mar 2016 #11
Thanks. I was wondering why she took this position. MgtPA Mar 2016 #8
Support Tim Canova, giving DWS her FIRST primary ever merrily Mar 2016 #12
kick kgnu_fan Mar 2016 #14
Just contributed to Tim via DU angstlessk Mar 2016 #15
Millions agree with you. Unfortunately, those millions do not all vote in her district. merrily Mar 2016 #17
Hey they voted for a "Democrat", so maybe they want angstlessk Mar 2016 #20
They voted for a Democrat who campaigned for three Republicans, so who really knows? merrily Mar 2016 #21
SO you WANT DWS to win? angstlessk Mar 2016 #23
um, no. I'm the one who posted the donation links for Tim Canova on this thread. merrily Mar 2016 #25
Once...I will do more if he looks viable angstlessk Mar 2016 #27
Catch 22. Donating only way to help ensure he is viable. She takes PAC money. He doesn't. merrily Mar 2016 #28
The moment I think he has a 'chance in hell' I will angstlessk Mar 2016 #30
+1 n/t Jefferson23 Mar 2016 #31
Hillary sure surrounds herself with scumbags... AzDar Mar 2016 #16
That is so painful to me. She did not have to do this. Why is she contaminating herself? kgnu_fan Mar 2016 #18
After 2008, she is taking no chances. And it's her turn. merrily Mar 2016 #22
Disastrous turn... nt kgnu_fan Mar 2016 #24
"Only" for the Party. She seems to be thrilled, FBI investigation and all. merrily Mar 2016 #26
she thinks she can do this PRECISELY because "we're the party of the poor" MisterP Mar 2016 #19
Are we still? Are you sure? merrily Mar 2016 #29
 

djean111

(14,255 posts)
2. And this, my friends, is what we are supposed to donate to, to vote for - this is what now
Fri Mar 18, 2016, 11:19 AM
Mar 2016

passes for a "Democrat".
Not doing that any more.

astrophuss42

(290 posts)
6. Payday loan interest
Fri Mar 18, 2016, 11:24 AM
Mar 2016

Exactly the kind of thing I started voting for democratic party candidates because of.

kgnu_fan

(3,021 posts)
11. Now she is influencing Presidential Election process. Horrible for the Party.
Fri Mar 18, 2016, 11:44 AM
Mar 2016

Trust? Integrity? Accountability?

merrily

(45,251 posts)
21. They voted for a Democrat who campaigned for three Republicans, so who really knows?
Fri Mar 18, 2016, 02:44 PM
Mar 2016

Still, many morans figure the one you already know is better than the one you don't know--and learning about a new candidate is such "hard" work, so why bother, when you can just re-elect Debs?

merrily

(45,251 posts)
25. um, no. I'm the one who posted the donation links for Tim Canova on this thread.
Fri Mar 18, 2016, 02:49 PM
Mar 2016

I've also donated to him three times (so far)--from Boston, MA. You?

angstlessk

(11,862 posts)
30. The moment I think he has a 'chance in hell' I will
Fri Mar 18, 2016, 03:55 PM
Mar 2016

donate as much as I can...probably 100...but she gets that much from a corporation that bundles that much times 100

WE NEED ONLY GOVERNMENT FINANCED ELECTIONS..and NOT CORPORATE FINANCED ELECTIONS!

merrily

(45,251 posts)
26. "Only" for the Party. She seems to be thrilled, FBI investigation and all.
Fri Mar 18, 2016, 02:51 PM
Mar 2016

And, to think, once the Enquirer story came out, I blamed Edwards for not bowing out sooner.

See? Everything really is relative.

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