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You Owe, You Owe, It’s Off To Church I Go

By Andy Miofsky, Illinois Bankruptcy Attorney on Feb 21, 2008 in Featured, Illinois

An interesting article written by Patrick Enright of Newsweek.com explores a correlation between evangelical Christians, in the Bible belt and Mormon mountain West, and states with a high concentration of payday lenders. The article examines the results of a state by state count of these two groups conducted by two law school professors for a Catholic University Law Review article.

I review the story in my blog, Bless Me Father For I Have Borrowed, appearing at the Credit Law Network site.

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