When you study the figures, one of the things that I think manifests fairly quickly is the bottom two quintiles is where you see the greatest exposure and the damage from the payday lending cycle, the cycle that never ends.
On the recordAugust 20, 2018
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Senator Scott discusses the impact of payday lending on lower income groups.
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