# Usury Laws on The No Agenda Show

Usury Laws comes up in 3 chapters across 3 episodes of The No Agenda Show, from February 2009 to January 2016.

- **Chapters:** 3
- **Episodes:** 3
- **Discussed:** February 2009 – January 2016
- **Related topics:** [Payday Loans](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/payday-loans.md), [Air Force](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/air-force.md), [Barack Obama](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/barack-obama.md), [Cfpb](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/cfpb.md), [Citibank](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/citibank.md), [Elizabeth Warren](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/elizabeth-warren.md), [Nancy Pelosi](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/nancy-pelosi.md), [South Dakota](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/south-dakota.md), [Student Loans](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/student-loans.md)

## Chapters 1–3 of 3

### Payday Loan Debt Traps and Big Bank Consolidation

- **Episode:** [788: Mental Defectives](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/788-mental-defectives.md)
- **Published:** 2016-01-07
- **Time:** 2:37:48–2:41:54
- **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/788-mental-defectives/chapter/payday-loan-debt-traps-and-big-bank-consolidation.md

A report on the payday loan industry highlights how borrowers become trapped in cycles of debt with interest rates exceeding 300%. The industry flourished in South Dakota after the state eliminated usury laws to attract major credit card companies. The rise of these "predatory" lenders is linked to the consolidation of community banks into large entities like Citibank and Chase.

Keywords: [payday loans](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/payday-loans.md), [south dakota](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/south-dakota.md), [usury laws](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/usury-laws.md), [elizabeth warren](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/elizabeth-warren.md), [citibank](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/citibank.md)

### Payday Loan Regulation, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

- **Episode:** [708: Power & Gossip](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/708-power-gossip.md)
- **Published:** 2015-03-29
- **Time:** 2:46:05–3:00:19
- **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/708-power-gossip/chapter/payday-loan-regulation-consumer-financial-protection-bureau.md

President Obama's push for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to regulate payday loans is analyzed. The hosts compare the high fees of payday lenders to the even higher effective APRs of credit card late fees and utility penalties. They argue that while payday loans can be predatory, the broader financial system—including student loans—operates on similar principles of debt entrapment.

Keywords: [payday loans](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/payday-loans.md), [cfpb](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/cfpb.md), [barack obama](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/barack-obama.md), apr, [usury laws](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/usury-laws.md), [student loans](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/student-loans.md)

### Xenon Headlights, Nancy Pelosi's Jet and Banker Bonuses

- **Episode:** [72: Obama Denver & the New World Order](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/72-obama-denver-the-new-world-order.md)
- **Published:** 2009-02-15
- **Time:** 48:09–51:51
- **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/72-obama-denver-the-new-world-order/chapter/xenon-headlights-nancy-pelosi-s-jet-and-banker-bonuses.md

Xenon headlights are criticized for being distracting and dangerous to other drivers. The discussion shifts to political hypocrisy, noting Nancy Pelosi's use of a 767 Air Force jet and the public's focus on banker bonuses rather than the systemic "mob-like" behavior of the banking industry.

Keywords: xenon, [nancy pelosi](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/nancy-pelosi.md), [air force](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/air-force.md), banker bonuses, [usury laws](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/usury-laws.md)

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