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Posts tagged as “usury”

Merry New House! Holiday Card Shows Payday Lender’s Values

You folks think I go too far in razzing folks in the public eye for their Christmas cards? Check out Rep. Rev. Steve Hickey's take on the Christmas card Dollar Loan Center boss Chuck Brennan is sending: While I go…

Why Not Outlaw Payday Lenders? Jones Offers Miserable Excuse

The conservatariat is bracing for battle with the unholy alliance of liberal barista Steve Hildebrand and vengeful Reverend Republican Rep. Steve Hickey, who plan to launch an initiated measure to cap interest rates at 36%. (People love coffee, and people…

Hickey Sleeping with Hildebrand to Father Anti-Usury Initiative

While my comment section lights up with debate about whether Jeff Barth agrees with us on enough policies to chair the South Dakota Democratic Party, Republican Rep. Steve Hickey announces he's teaming with Democratic consultant and über-barista Steve Hildebrand to…

Gordon Howie, David Brat, God, Capitalism, and Rome

Gordon Howie believes David Brat's primary upset of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in Virginia's Seventh District bodes well for Howie's hard Indy climb against Mike Rounds for South Dakota's U.S. Senate seat: While this is being tagged as a…

HB 1255: Hickey Offers Compromise Legislation on Payday Lenders

Rep. Steve Hickey (R-9/Sioux Falls) continues to fight the payday-loan industry's exploitation of South Dakota's working class. He has threatened to shut the usurers down with legislation and a ballot initiative to cap their interest rates at levels that would…