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Low-Income Oregonians Report Heavy Debts

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When money gets tight, what do you do?  Payday and car-title loans are among the options that low-income Oregonians resort to, according to a recent report from the . 

Student loans, car loans, and credit card debt exert a crushing burden on people who make between $20,000 and $30,000 a year. 

The report includes input from several Oregon nonprofits, including , which makes small loans itself.  Ezekiel Gorrocino of CRL and Rachel Stein from Innovative Changes are our guests.   
 

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