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Sylvia Rodriguez Garcia: “But what I don't think you understand is that payday loans aren't credit. They are chains of debt.”

On the recordJuly 29, 2020
But what I don't think you understand is that payday loans aren't credit. They are chains of debt.
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Sylvia Rodriguez Garcia
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Garcia criticizes payday loans as exploitative and harmful to vulnerable communities.

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