In a thoughful, well written op-ed titled “Lawmakers Wrong on Payday Loans” in today’s Times-Gazette, Marc Kilmer at the Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions says, “Ohions did not send legislators to Columbus to make their personal financial decisions for them.”   Well said.

The payday lending industry has long advocated consumer choice and competition.    

Marc Kilmer, a policy analyst with the Columbus, OH-based Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions has written a piece critical of Ohio’s legislators.

Ohioans did not send legislators to Columbus to make their personal financial decisions for them. Considering the poor state of Ohio’s budget, it seems ironic that some in Columbus think their time is best spent focusing on the financial choices of others.

Kilmer previously authored the study Consumer Choice vs. Over-Regulation.