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On the recordSeptember 16, 2014
This is a very huge predatory practice that as a society you would think that we would be able to get control over, but we do not have control over it yet.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

Editor's note · Context

Merkley highlights the ongoing issue of predatory online payday lending practices.

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