H&R Block getting a smack for screwing people in need
This makes me happy. I remember, in Cambridge, noticing the interest rates on this crap and wondering how that could be a refund. Then NPR did a thing on people who were desperate and taking these loans (and thats what they are) because they simply couldn’t get by without the money.
Jerry Brown Takes On H&R Block - News Story - KNTV | San Francisco
Just as “rapid refund” time has come for millions of taxpayers, California Attorney General Jerry Brown said Monday H&R Block is in fact duping its customers.Sphere: Related ContentBrown said customers are not getting “rapid refunds,” but rather a high-priced loan, with interest rates of 80 percent or higher.