New Orleans Just because we’re chasing them, doesn’t mean that payday lenders are on the run, but recently we got a break that could end up as a fatal blow and perhaps stiffen the backbone and open the eyes of those unwilling to confront the predatory practices that define the business model of payday lenders. …
Category: Financial Justice
Congress Discriminates Against the Poor on Tax Refunds
New Orleans This one caught me by surprise. Congress managed to sneak through a provision in the tax-cut deal at the end of 2015 that both punishes the poor and privileges predatory products long targeted and increasingly scorned by banks and tax preparers. What’s the deal? Beginning in the 2017 tax season, the new law …
Green Papers and the Value of the Volunteer Research Army
New Orleans One of the constant dark holes of US politics is the arcane art of understanding delegate selection for the existing political parties, since all of these rules lie in the mysterious workings of the various fifty odd states and outlier territories. In fact the same is true of voter registration procedures, party formation …