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Tim Scott: “When you study the figures, one of the things that I think manifests fairly quickly is the bottom two quintiles is where…”

On the recordAugust 20, 2018
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.
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Tim Scott
Republican · South Carolina

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Senator Scott discusses the impact of payday lending on lower income groups.

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