Maggie Thurber does a great job speaking against Issue 5 in Ohio:

Since when is it the role of the government to track what you borrow, when and how much? Since when is it the role of government to tell you how you can use the money you borrow? Since when is it the role of the government to decide whether or not you need or should take a class in finances? Since when did Ohioans think it was okay to grant government this kind of intrusion into our daily lives?

Even if you think payday lenders should be restricted by state law to certain interest rates, how can you possible approve of giving the government such authority over peoples’ lives?

COAST (Coalition Opposed to Additional Spending & Taxes) today launched a state-wide campaign in Ohio to encourage voters to “Vote NO on Issue 5 to stop our “Big Brother” State Government from tracking and regulating personal financial decisions of Ohio wage earners.”

According to COAST:

Issue 5 is a repeal of a bad and unnecessary law limiting lending choices for Ohio wage earners, according to COAST.  Even worse, the legislation that Issue 5 will repeal contains utterly Orwellian privacy violations and Soviet-style mandated state re-education camps for certain consumers.

“Anyone who cherishes traditional American liberties will be outraged when they understand what our legislature has done,” said COAST Chairman Jason Gloyd.  “This weird law takes state government to a new level of creepy interference with our lives.”