I am always intrigued by plumbers. I
admit I'm not much of a handyman myself but I always felt that I was familiar
enough with tools that I could look at one and immediately assess its value and
usefulness. But whenever I have an emergency at home where I need to call a
plumber, he invariably comes up with a new weird-looking tool that I never saw
before. Sometimes I ask him the name of the tool but I can never remember his
answer because all I am thinking about is how something so awkward could
possibly serve a useful purpose. And more often than not, I am pleasantly surprised
when I see that the plumber knows exactly how to put the tool to use so that my
dreaded emergency gets solved!
I thought about plumbers recently
while I was reading an article about the payday lending industry. There's been
quite a debate going on about payday loans and whether they are good or evil.
There are good arguments on both sides and after reading many of the pros and
cons, it struck me that just about all the arguments I saw on both sides were
valid. I really did not disagree with any of the arguments themselves, only
with the conclusions. I began to realize that payday lending is neither good
nor evil; it is merely an awkward-looking tool. If used the right way, it can
solve the right emergency. If not, then it can be very useless.
Payday loans are intended as short
term credit loans. If used as intended, they can be the best way to fix a
temporary financial hardship. However they can also be easily abused. For one
thing, it is important to pay them off promptly. Rolling them over several times
can turn a good tool into a bad one quickly. Also, when considering a payday
loan, it is of utmost importance that the borrower deals with an ethical and
trusted lender. Payday loans are best if you need between $100-$1500 very
quickly, you can pay it back in a short period of time (2 weeks or less) and
the loan will help you avoid credit card fees, bank overdrafts and taking your
possessions to a pawn shop.
Payday lending exists because it
provides the kind of tool that can't be found elsewhere. In these days of
foreclosures, bad economic times and disappearing credit, there is sometimes a
need for a very quick emergency borrowing option that doesn't entail the very
high fees charged by banks and credit cards.
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