Millionaire against payday loans
September 21, 2009 | alternatives, industry | Comments (0)That would be Travis Smiley, one of the highest paid radio hosts in the country. This comes after he is criticized for taking money from Wells Fargo Bank:
Prominent author, commentator and PBS talk show host Tavis Smiley has announced that he’s cutting all business ties to Wells Fargo & Co. The move comes in the wake of a TWI story last week about Wells Fargo “Wealth Building” seminars held in black neighborhoods starting in 2005, headlined by Smiley, which a recent lawsuit filed by the Illinois attorney general charged were nothing more than sales pitches for high-rate subprime loans.
If I were a multi-millionaire Left-wing radio host, I would say anything to get back into the good graces of elites after getting caught doing this.
