Millions of Americans need to continue taking out short-term loans in order to make ends meet for their families. This month, liberal bureaucrats have continued to prove that they are out of touch with the reality that average Americans are forced to face each day. Those who lean left believe that the purpose of government is to shelter the citizenry from self-inflicted harm. The problem is that, more times than not, their assessments are dead wrong. Case in point: the left’s recent assault on the short-term lending industry.