If you are a pawnshop client or owner, please sign the petition below. When we have a significant number of signatures, we'll forward the petition to Senator Durbin, President Obama, other government officials, and various media contacts.

If we all work together, we can get the federal government to modify or cancel this bill. Please help us save the pawnshops of America - your voice WILL BE HEARD!

To: Dick Durbin - U.S. Senator - Illinois

I am a pawnshop customer. Me and millions like me need and use pawnshops. We rely on pawnshops to pay for unexpected hospital bills, car breakdowns, and other unforeseen expenses.

Thanks for trying to lower the interest rate to 36%, but no thanks for driving the pawn industry out of business. The pawn industry has been in business for thousands of years and was the only functional lender during the Great Depression.

You are insulting me and a third of America by saying, "Tough luck if you need to borrow $50 from a pawnshop. Next time you should be financially responsible."

$50 is a lot of money to millions of Americans. Shame on you and your elitist way of thinking!

If you shut down the pawnshops, who is going to provide me with the loan I need? The government? A bank? Banks don't make short-term, small-dollar loans!

Mr. Durbin, in your Utopian world, everyone should have enough savings tucked away or good enough credit for a loan in times of need. As we all know, that isn't reality. Americans are often faced with unexpected expenses. You are trying to prescribe financial medicine to a third of America without asking any of them or understanding their needs.

Next time you want to do a favor, ask me first. Don't pass bill S. 500!

Sincerely,
The Petition Signers

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