Infographic: How Some Companies Prey on the Poor

Mint has published an infographic on how some companies prey on the poor. Mint takes a look at payday loans, credit cards, and rent-to-own. While the businesses are not illegal, there are plenty of under-the-table schemes that are. One such scheme is to sell alcohol and cigarettes at twice the price to those using debit food stamp cards (a.k.a. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – SNAP).

via Mint : The Shaft: How Some Companies Prey on the Poor

This story written by Paul Adams

Paul Adams leads an award-winning, diverse contractor team that runs a federal high performance computing facility where he has worked for 17 years. He loves getting his hands on the latest visualization and computer hardware, astronomy, aerospace engineering, working with the poor, and ringing cowbells.