Political Quotes

On the recordApril 6, 2016
payday lenders that build business models around trapping people in the never ending cycle of debt are throwing bricks to a drowning man.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Warren criticizes payday lenders for exploiting vulnerable individuals.

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