Usury is a sin and it used to be a crime.
The whole “economy” is built on it. It will end in tears, as it always does.
Do the usurers deserve consideration? If by that, you mean we should not burn them at the stake or take them to beheading in the square, I’m OK with that.
If you mean they, who made loans (collectively) beyond what could ever be repaid, “deserve” to collect anyway from the community - Nah, not really.
“In christening shalt thou have two godfathers.
Had I been judge, thou shouldst have had ten more—
To bring thee to the gallows, not to the font.”
There is nothing new under the sun.
> Usury is a sin and it used to be a crime. <
I agree 100%. And I thought about that after my last post to you. So yes, I’d fully support action to reduce those insane interest rates down something reasonable.