Monday Morning Fuel to the Fire
There’s a new watchdog group called Campaign for Accountability that has done some extensive research on Pay to Play in congress.
I know this might be a shock, but congress is for sale. And here’s the detailed report to prove it. Nine Republicans and two Democrats took donations from the payday loan industry within days of voting to help them in congress.
The short version:
Randy Neugebauer
Today, Campaign for Accountability (CfA) asked the Office of Congressional Ethics to investigate 11 members of Congress for possible criminal and ethics violations by accepting contributions from the payday lending industry shortly before or after taking official actions in support of the industry.
CfA Executive Director Anne Weismann stated, “It seems payday loans taken out by their constituents helped fund big paydays for members of Congress who used their positions to advocate on behalf of this unscrupulous industry.”
Payday loans are the moneychangers that Sweet Jesus threw out of the temple. They prey upon the poor and helpless.
Three of the Republicans are from Texas and are the usual suspects: Randy Neugebauer, Jeb Hensarling, and Pete Sessions. They also prey upon the poor and helpless. It’s they mission statement.
Thanks to Alfredo over at the Dairy Queen for the heads up.
“…this unscrupulous industry.”
I’m confused. Was he talking about payday lenders or Congress?
1Rep Patrick McHenry, R-NC 10th, is a tea party darling. http://teapartycheer.com/bios/the-south/north-carolina/patrick-mchenry-nc-bio/ Quelle surprise.
2With Alfredo’s obvious intelligence and investigatory skills, why is he still over at the Dairy Queen? He should be running for office. Got to run those blackhearts out of town first, though.
3Funny how when the mafia did this, it was illegal. The mafia should have gotten themselves some lobbyists.
4Pay day/car title loans took a real hit in the back of the neck here in Virginia recently. Now the same outfits are using other types of loans that are just as bad but are not covered by the pay day legislation. Thats what I call highway robbery from behind a desk!
5Yeah the Mafia probably is wondering how it is they go to jail for doing the same thing the pay day loan companies make bazillions doing. Ain’t fair I tellya.
6I HATE PAYDAY LOAN PLACES. They’re unregulated in Texas. I raised our grandson on the belief that DON’T EVER GO INSIDE A PAYDAY LOAN PLACE, they’ll get everything you have.
7I know a number of them were prosecuted here in NYC.
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