http://hburgnews.com/2006/12/06/hb619-shot-down/ Harrisonburg's Community News Network Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:10:40 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://hburgnews.com/2006/12/06/hb619-shot-down/comment-page-1/#comment-12919 hburgnews » payday loan cap in the city? Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:51:42 +0000 http://hburgnews.com/2006/12/06/hb619-shot-down/#comment-12919 [...] the last session, efforts in General Assembly to put a 36 percent interest rate cap on payday loans failed. This year, the push for an interest rate cap is coming from Virginia’s [...] [...] the last session, efforts in General Assembly to put a 36 percent interest rate cap on payday loans failed. This year, the push for an interest rate cap is coming from Virginia’s [...]

]]> http://hburgnews.com/2006/12/06/hb619-shot-down/comment-page-1/#comment-834 hburgnews » payday lending meeting on the 3rd Sat, 27 Jan 2007 09:24:38 +0000 http://hburgnews.com/2006/12/06/hb619-shot-down/#comment-834 [...] I’ve written about payday lending here before. [...] [...] I’ve written about payday lending here before. [...]

]]> http://hburgnews.com/2006/12/06/hb619-shot-down/comment-page-1/#comment-534 hburgnews » Blog Archive » financial “wreckage” Mon, 11 Dec 2006 16:39:04 +0000 http://hburgnews.com/2006/12/06/hb619-shot-down/#comment-534 [...] Some of you might wonder why I (and other VA bloggers) have been harping on this payday loan issue. I posted entries about it in November and once this month already. [...] [...] Some of you might wonder why I (and other VA bloggers) have been harping on this payday loan issue. I posted entries about it in November and once this month already. [...]

]]> http://hburgnews.com/2006/12/06/hb619-shot-down/comment-page-1/#comment-494 finnegan Thu, 07 Dec 2006 00:32:11 +0000 http://hburgnews.com/2006/12/06/hb619-shot-down/#comment-494 Gxeremio, I think we all know that Jesus was for a free market economy and less government regulation. Stop livin' in the OT. Gxeremio, I think we all know that Jesus was for a free market economy and less government regulation. Stop livin’ in the OT.

]]> http://hburgnews.com/2006/12/06/hb619-shot-down/comment-page-1/#comment-488 Gxeremio Wed, 06 Dec 2006 14:15:55 +0000 http://hburgnews.com/2006/12/06/hb619-shot-down/#comment-488 This is a moral issue that I hope Christians (and Jews and Muslims) around the state chime in on. The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usury" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia article on usury</a> lists no less than 11 passages from the Bible which not only discourage but forbid this practice. Proverbs 28:8 states: "He who increases his wealth by exorbitant interest amasses it for another, who will be kind to the poor." (NIV) This is a moral issue that I hope Christians (and Jews and Muslims) around the state chime in on. The Wikipedia article on usury lists no less than 11 passages from the Bible which not only discourage but forbid this practice. Proverbs 28:8 states: “He who increases his wealth by exorbitant interest amasses it for another, who will be kind to the poor.” (NIV)

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