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hfojvt

(37,573 posts)
35. it yuge, eh?
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 11:08 AM
Apr 2016

Where's your data on that?

The worst part is people like you who cannot discuss things without a whole bunch of bombast and derision.

Every debt I've ever entered into specified terms clearly upfront whatthehey Apr 2016 #1
that's bullshit ProfessorPlum Apr 2016 #2
I read all the fine print before I take on a loan. Squinch Apr 2016 #3
This only zentrum Apr 2016 #7
You don't know anything about me. Pay Day loans ARE usurious. And yes I have had to use them. Squinch Apr 2016 #9
And vice versa zentrum Apr 2016 #46
The payday loan that I was forced to take had high interest. It also saved me during a very Squinch Apr 2016 #51
Most people cannot read or understand legalese. Dont call me Shirley Apr 2016 #83
ok DustyJoe Apr 2016 #16
You make an awful lot of assumptions about people who disagree with you. AtheistCrusader Apr 2016 #17
Convenient? zentrum Apr 2016 #42
Convenient for you to dismiss the other poster's viewpoint. AtheistCrusader Apr 2016 #44
47% couldn’t come with $500 for emergency.. busterbrown Apr 2016 #27
It's $400 zentrum Apr 2016 #37
46% said they would not pay cash or cash equivalent Mosby Apr 2016 #54
no, you do not read all the fine print before you take a loan ProfessorPlum Apr 2016 #20
Thanks Professor Plum. zentrum Apr 2016 #49
Nonsense. WillowTree Apr 2016 #86
Not bullshit. Not privilege. Common sense whatthehey Apr 2016 #12
So, it's insulting to regulate the banking industry? kcr Apr 2016 #84
Credit cards aren't loans metroins Apr 2016 #14
They can not change rates on existing balances Travis_0004 Apr 2016 #18
You'd better read your fine print. ProfessorPlum Apr 2016 #22
sounds like you'd better read yours. unblock Apr 2016 #36
This message was self-deleted by its author rjsquirrel Apr 2016 #53
You're making all of my points for me. ProfessorPlum Apr 2016 #57
You are always free Sgent Apr 2016 #89
I agree, over 30 years, that's been my experience (with one exception) bhikkhu Apr 2016 #52
Yeah awoke_in_2003 Apr 2016 #87
How ironic that the only part of Shariah Law that Westerners want banned malaise Apr 2016 #4
I've seen a theory that that's what's behind the war with the Muslim world nxylas Apr 2016 #26
Muslims take out mortgages too Yupster Apr 2016 #34
Muslim banks buy the property and then sell it with an added "convenience" fee REP Apr 2016 #58
The good news is that it's all paper money anyway... Helen Borg Apr 2016 #5
The teachings of Islam and Christianity forbid interest. FlatBaroque Apr 2016 #6
Never-the-less... Adrahil Apr 2016 #8
Your language about the essential need for lending describes exactly why lending should be regulated Bluenorthwest Apr 2016 #10
Don't get me wrong, I do favor heavy regulation of banking. NT Adrahil Apr 2016 #11
Regulation should balance the protections melm00se Apr 2016 #77
Industrialization and Unions gave rise the the middle class. WDIM Apr 2016 #61
Muslim countries charge a loan fee, like me. ErikJ Apr 2016 #13
You're a bad friend. Stryst Apr 2016 #38
Loaning money to friends is a minefield Yupster Apr 2016 #40
Agree. n/t FSogol Apr 2016 #45
$30 is certainly a hell of a fee for a one week loan hfojvt Apr 2016 #56
Learned my lesson long ago. ErikJ Apr 2016 #66
I guess we have different definitions of friend. ohnoyoudidnt Apr 2016 #67
The fee was his idea not mine. ErikJ Apr 2016 #73
If they don't pay, do you send a couple of boys around to break their legs? FSogol Apr 2016 #43
Lending money is not condemned by the Bible Cryptoad Apr 2016 #15
exactly ProfessorPlum Apr 2016 #19
This applies to Joe Biden and his sponsorship of 2005's Bankruptcy Reform closeupready Apr 2016 #21
One of Biden's worst moments in government ProfessorPlum Apr 2016 #23
IMHO, his VERY worst moment. That act of treachery was MASSIVELY disappointing, and closeupready Apr 2016 #25
I would not say theft hfojvt Apr 2016 #24
Bullshit. I say it again ProfessorPlum Apr 2016 #30
it yuge, eh? hfojvt Apr 2016 #35
I have derision for your reply ProfessorPlum Apr 2016 #47
Victims are many times volunteers WDIM Apr 2016 #62
never seemed that way to me hfojvt Apr 2016 #69
It would take twice as long to pay off a $5000.00 loan. WDIM Apr 2016 #74
these are lovely options for people who have enough income and wealth ProfessorPlum Apr 2016 #76
saving for a home? hfojvt Apr 2016 #88
Convincing people that money is not a natural substance is near impossible. hunter Apr 2016 #28
One doesn't get a loan without agreeing, in writing, to repay it with interest. lumberjack_jeff Apr 2016 #29
no shit ProfessorPlum Apr 2016 #31
Glad we agree. lumberjack_jeff Apr 2016 #33
Ugh. Take your condescension and your abetting of fraud ProfessorPlum Apr 2016 #41
Patronizing them is inherently a harm to the customer. lumberjack_jeff Apr 2016 #59
at the point where they have been appropriately regulated ProfessorPlum Apr 2016 #63
we cannot do anything hfojvt Apr 2016 #71
I'm not asking you to do anything ProfessorPlum Apr 2016 #75
I come at this from the other direction Yupster Apr 2016 #32
That's a bad example The2ndWheel Apr 2016 #39
You can replace the numbers with any two numbers ProfessorPlum Apr 2016 #50
People would do a lot of things if they could The2ndWheel Apr 2016 #72
I'm asking you to use your little imagination and think of it from the bank ProfessorPlum Apr 2016 #79
Uh-oh. I bought a CD, aka I lent money to the bank. Nye Bevan Apr 2016 #48
You would be if you could change the terms of the ProfessorPlum Apr 2016 #55
when is the bank changing rates Travis_0004 Apr 2016 #64
I will point you to this study ProfessorPlum Apr 2016 #78
That is from 2006 Travis_0004 Apr 2016 #82
Especially when the banks are borrowing the money for nothing. WDIM Apr 2016 #60
If only you understood how it really works Travis_0004 Apr 2016 #65
You can't possibly even believe this. Maybe you are talking about payday loans. Yo_Mama Apr 2016 #68
I am talking about payday loans, among other things ProfessorPlum Apr 2016 #70
this would have been your clue ProfessorPlum Apr 2016 #80
It sets up an adversarial relationship, is what it does. bemildred Apr 2016 #81
No, but like you say it should be regulated. Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #85
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