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Rebecca Vallas
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The payday loan industry's very business model relies on trapping people in debt.

That's why 4 in 5 borrowers end up having to roll over the loan or taking out a second to repay the first.

So naturally, Trump's rushing to payday's defense by gutting rules to #StopTheDebtTrap.
Note: Trump's trying to gut borrower protections using the federal rulemaking process.

This means--just like with his proposed SNAP cuts I've been tweeting so much about lately--we have the chance to use the public comment process to preserve the rule to #StopTheDebtTrap.
Tell Trump what you think about him siding with payday loan sharks over the borrowers whose financial hardship they get rich off of: regulations.gov/document?D=CFP…

Deadline to comment: May 15, 2019.

#StopTheDebtTrap
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Thrilled to see the new idea @amprog developed for a monthly Young Child Tax Credit introduced today by @SenSherrodBrown @SenatorBennet @rosadelauro @SuzanDelBene as part of the American Family Act!
@amprog @SenSherrodBrown @SenatorBennet @rosadelauro @SuzanDelBene Incredible to see such broad support for this legislation:

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Conversations like this one are so incredibly important. We must move beyond “client stories” to ensure people with lived experience of hunger & economic insecurity are *at the table* to shape our policy debates & our advocacy. #HungerPC19
If we don’t do it right, we’ll hurt not just the individuals whose stories we tokenize, but the movement to end poverty and hunger as a whole. — Diane Sullivan of @Witnesses_BOS #HungerPC19
We need to do some honest reflection on our privilege, and think about how our organizations may be replicating that privilege in how we shape the agenda & who’s at the table. —@dodsonadvocate #HungerPC19
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