On Sat, 03 Jan 2015 12:49:57 -0800, mike
wrote:

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Anything that rakes in money without also producing something
or transporting something or facilitating something is not
an investment.
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An example of this in action at the most basic level.
http://tinyurl.com/q5zvjhz
A title loan sounds like a lifeline for someone who needs
quick cash, but these financial institutions are charging
exorbitant interest rates, ranging from 80 percent to 500
percent per year.
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“For many borrowers, title loans, also sometimes known as
motor-vehicle equity lines of credit or title pawns, are
having ruinous financial consequences, causing owners to
lose their vehicles and plunging them further into debt,”
according to the Times.
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The Gazette article cited data from the Center for
Responsible Lending, in Durham, North Carolina, that showed
one in six of the loans ends in repossession of the vehicle.
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--
Unka' George

"Gold is the money of kings,
silver is the money of gentlemen,
barter is the money of peasants,
but debt is the money of slaves"

-Norm Franz, "Money and Wealth in the New Millenium"