As our country begins to respond to the economic crisis, good people are making their best effort to pay their bills, maintain good credit and own their homes but because they live in Native American communities that are struggling economically, they are targets for unscrupulous lenders - "predatory" lenders.
Low income people - which includes the vast majority of Native Americans who lack collateral, have poor credit and live paycheck to paycheck - are often easy prey to predatory lenders offering payday loans and tax refund anticipation loans (RALs). These practices are generating literally billions of dollars for lenders and tax preparers - dollars that could be better used by the families toward their economic security.
Such financial practices can lead to perpetuating cycles that dramatically decrease living standards and put unimaginable stresses on families. Ask your legislators to support tighter federal regulation of "predatory" lenders who unfairly target Native American communities!
We took action on “Stop Predatory Lending on Native American Lands!”
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12:09 pm PST, Nov 20,Susana Lax, Florida
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3:27 pm PST, Nov 18,Karisa Cotter, Arkansas
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4:50 pm PST, Nov 17,Ellie Shain, California
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12:49 pm PST, Nov 16,Troy Dodge, Kansas
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12:12 am PST, Nov 16,Anastasia Zacharaki, Greece
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5:48 am PST, Nov 13,Theresia Cronan, California
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8:20 am PST, Nov 12,Barry Zuckerman, New York
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9:33 am PST, Nov 9,Iris Chynoweth, California
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6:33 pm PST, Nov 8,Donna J, Canada
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4:32 pm PST, Nov 8,Judy Krach, Illinois
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3:16 pm PST, Nov 8,Sue Renkema, Michigan
It is time for all predatory lenders to be held accountable for their actions.
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2:40 pm PST, Nov 5,Tracy Hartwell, New York
How much more must we take from them before we are satisfied? How can we get past the sins of the past when the same sins are continually being perpetuated? This is DISGUSTING. Cease it, IMMEDIATELY!
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10:10 am PST, Nov 5,Robert Finley, Washington
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9:27 am PST, Nov 5,Dietrich Schwägerl, Germany
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5:44 am PST, Nov 5,Carol Hatfield, Indiana
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1:29 am PST, Nov 5,Anita Romaniuk, Canada
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7:17 pm PST, Nov 4,Heather L. Shugars, Pennsylvania
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6:55 pm PST, Nov 4,Carol Wilkerson, Washington
If we can enact laws and rules to protect our military from predatory lenders, then we can also do the same for Native Americans. They are extremely vulnerable and it is a crime to prey on them financially when they already have so little.
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10:36 am PST, Nov 4,ANNA VIRGINI, Canada
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10:36 am PST, Nov 4,Salme Armijo, Nevada
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5:58 am PST, Nov 4,Oka Savitri, Indonesia
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8:41 pm PST, Nov 3,Helen Marie Ostrander, North Carolina
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8:20 pm PST, Nov 3,Susan Vanderburgh, California
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7:14 pm PST, Nov 3,Hannah Blakeman, South Carolina
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4:49 pm PST, Nov 3,Victor Orel, Nevada
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4:43 pm PST, Nov 3,Name not displayed, South Dakota
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3:44 pm PST, Nov 3,Stacey McCulloch, Colorado
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1:49 pm PST, Nov 3,Ingrid Isaksen, Norway
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1:21 pm PST, Nov 3,James Furholmen, Illinois
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11:20 am PST, Nov 3,Selam Samuel, New York
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10:40 am PST, Nov 3,Naomi Hood, Alabama
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9:52 am PST, Nov 3,Claudean McKellips, Kansas
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9:20 am PST, Nov 3,Adrian Williams, United Kingdom
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9:11 am PST, Nov 3,Lorene Rowland, Montana
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7:47 am PST, Nov 3,Loren Elmaleh, New Mexico
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7:44 am PST, Nov 3,Yvonne Roussel, California
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6:51 am PST, Nov 3,Linda Johanson, Colorado
Recovery will benefit the entire nation in every way. Please help.
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6:42 am PST, Nov 3,Jennifer Bowman, Kentucky
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6:21 am PST, Nov 3,Brittany Frompovich, Virginia
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5:58 am PST, Nov 3,Sonia Geerlings, Australia
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5:43 am PST, Nov 3,Name not displayed, Texas
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5:28 am PST, Nov 3,Name not displayed, Ohio
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5:11 am PST, Nov 3,Kat Riley, Massachusetts
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4:49 am PST, Nov 3,Jacqueline Herder, Netherlands
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4:26 am PST, Nov 3,Annette Kristensen Bark, Sweden
