| 1. | Usury laws in general are the result of overzealous consumer protection advocates,
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| 2. | These salary purchases were early payday loans structured to avoid state usury laws.
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| 3. | But, then, the Roman Catholic Church had its usury laws.
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| 4. | At the time, usury laws prevented Christians from charging interest.
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| 5. | Nineteen states prohibit payday lending outright, usually as the result of longstanding usury laws.
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| 6. | The industry has lobbied heavily for the deregulation of lending and lifting of usury laws.
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| 7. | I think in Texas a loan like that would probably violate the state usury laws,
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| 8. | In New York, interest rates over 25 percent are prohibited by criminal usury laws .)
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| 9. | Most states now exempt the companies from usury laws.
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| 10. | Sunday laws and usury laws are ancient examples.
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