In a just society payday loans would not exist

Via Lessig and as explained beautifully by Colbert, payday loans are evil.

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Being a Democrat is no protection from corruption by corporations, as Congressman Gutierrez demonstrates. I think this is a pretty bad example of the type of corruption that Lessig and Brayton have been having a back-and-forth over. Whatever they want to call it, I think we can all agree it’s wrong.