Georgia narrowly rejected a bid Tuesday to repeal their ban on payday loans.

The vote failed 82-77 in a Republican-led House. The bill would’ve replaced Georgia’s 3-year old ban on payday loans with a system letting lenders charge $15 for every $100 borrowed.

Georgia is the only state with a payday loan ban.

The payday loan industry is gearing up its lobbying efforts to legalize and legitimize their advantage-taking of impoverished Americans. It will take our elected representatives’ resolve and integrity, and our clamor, to resist these efforts. — BEN POPKEN

House defeats payday bill [AP] (Hat tip to raising4boys!)
(Illustration: Andrew Mason)

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