Today’s Headlines
Featured Headline: Part two of the L.A. Times' exceptional series on the vampire business known as "Buy Here Pay Here Auto Sales" ran in this morning's paper. This piece shows that jacking up the cost of cars and interest rates on underprivileged and desperate people is big business and that major investors are flicking to put millions of dollars into these legalized scams.
9:20 AM PDT on November 1, 2011
Featured Headline: Part two of the L.A. Times’ exceptional series on the vampire business known as “Buy Here Pay Here Auto Sales” ran in this morning’s paper. This piece shows that jacking up the cost of cars and interest rates on underprivileged and desperate people is big business and that major investors are flicking to put millions of dollars into these legalized scams.
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