Closing the Loophole
It is reported that as the comedian W.C. Field lay on his death bed in a Philadelphia nursing home many years ago, a friend walked into his room and was surprised to find him reading the Bible. “Bill, what are you doing?” he asked. “Looking for loopholes,” Field exclaimed. That is exactly what the payday loan industry in Illinois did in 2005 more
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—William Sloane Coffin, Jr.




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