Someone who really likes payday loans has kicked in almost two million dollars.

Yesterday, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C111153 07/26/2012 MISSOURIANS FOR EQUAL CREDIT OPPORTUNITY Missourians for Responsible Government P O Box 45571 Kansas City MO 64171 7/26/2012 $210,000.00

[emphasis added]

That’s $1,833.900.00 from the same entity since January 2012. Why not make it an even two million? Just asking.

They’ll have all the money they need.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: another payday loan jackpot (June 11, 2012)

Campaign Finance: payday loans – all in (April 25, 2012)

Campaign Finance: Orwell would be so proud – part 2 (April 23, 2012)

Campaign Finance: Orwell would be so proud (April 12, 2012)

Campaign Finance: pouring even more money into defending payday loans (March 22, 2012)

Campaign Finance: if your name was Payday Loans you’d be in the money (March 2, 2012)

Campaign Finance: the payday loan campaign contribution broken record continues… (January 6, 2012)

Campaign Finance: Payday loans get the big bucks, again – part 2 (November 10, 2011)

Campaign Finance: Payday loans get the big bucks, again (September 27, 2011)

Campaign Finance: Isn’t that interest(ing)? (August 24, 2011)

Campaign Finance: big bucks for a payday loan PAC (August 20, 2011)

Today, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C111153 06/11/2012 MISSOURIANS FOR EQUAL CREDIT OPPORTUNITY Missourians for Responsible Government P O Box 45571 Kansas City MO 64171 6/11/2012 $181,500.00

[emphasis added]

Who are these people?

A hundred thousand here and a hundred thousand there – pretty soon you’re talkin’ about some serious money.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: payday loans – all in (April 25, 2012)

Campaign Finance: Orwell would be so proud – part 2 (April 23, 2012)

Campaign Finance: Orwell would be so proud (April 12, 2012)

Campaign Finance: pouring even more money into defending payday loans (March 22, 2012)

Campaign Finance: if your name was Payday Loans you’d be in the money (March 2, 2012)

Campaign Finance: the payday loan campaign contribution broken record continues… (January 6, 2012)

Campaign Finance: Payday loans get the big bucks, again – part 2 (November 10, 2011)

Campaign Finance: Payday loans get the big bucks, again (September 27, 2011)

Campaign Finance: Isn’t that interest(ing)? (August 24, 2011)

Campaign Finance: big bucks for a payday loan PAC (August 20, 2011)

Previously: Campaign Finance: organized labor always looks after working people (May 21, 2012)

Today, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C111126 05/24/2012 MISSOURIANS FOR RESPONSIBLE LENDING Communications Workers of America 501 Third St NW Washington DC 20001 5/24/2012 $15,000.00

C121010 05/24/2012 GIVE MISSOURIANS A RAISE CWA District 6 Political Educ Committee 10733 Sunset Office Dr Suite 201 Saint Louis MO 63127 5/24/2012 $15,000.00

[emphasis added]

For raising the minimum wage and capping the interest on payday loans.

Would you expect anything else?

Today, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C121010 05/21/2012 GIVE MISSOURIANS A RAISE Service Employees International Union 1800 Massachusetts Ave Nw Washington DC 20036 5/21/2012 $15,000.00

C111126 05/21/2012 MISSOURIANS FOR RESPONSIBLE LENDING Service Employees International Union 1800 Massachusetts Ave NW Washington DC 20036 5/21/2012 $15,000.00

[emphasis added]

For raising the minimum wage and capping the interest on payday loans.

Would you expect anything else?

Get used to it. The really big money keeps pouring in for the payday loan folks.

Yesterday, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C111153 04/22/2012 MISSOURIANS FOR EQUAL CREDIT OPPORTUNITY Missourians for Responsible Government P O Box 45571 Kansas City MO 64171 4/20/2012 $75,000.00

[emphasis added]

That’s $361,000.00 in April for MISSOURIANS FOR EQUAL CREDIT OPPORTUNITY Shadow Group Making It Next To Impossible To Tell Who Is Really Funding This Initiative from “Missourians for Responsible Government”.

C111153 MISSOURIANS FOR EQUAL CREDIT OPPORTUNITY 48 Hour Report of Contribution Received Over $5000 Missourians for Responsible Government P O Box 45571 Kansas City MO 64171 04/11/2012 $46,000.00

C111153 MISSOURIANS FOR EQUAL CREDIT OPPORTUNITY 48 Hour Report of Contribution Received Over $5000 Missourians for Responsible Government P O Box 45571 Kansas City MO 64171 04/11/2012 $140,000.00

C111153 MISSOURIANS FOR EQUAL CREDIT OPPORTUNITY 48 Hour Report of Contribution Received Over $5000 Missourians for Responsible Government P O Box 45571 Kansas City MO 64171 04/12/2012 $100,000.00

C111153 MISSOURIANS FOR EQUAL CREDIT OPPORTUNITY 48 Hour Report of Contribution Received Over $5000 Missourians for Responsible Government P O Box 45571 Kansas City MO 64171 04/20/2012 $75,000.00

[emphasis added]

Doubleplus irony.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: Orwell would be so proud (April 12, 2012)

Campaign Finance: pouring even more money into defending payday loans (March 22, 2012)

Campaign Finance: if your name was Payday Loans you’d be in the money (March 2, 2012)

Campaign Finance: the payday loan campaign contribution broken record continues… (January 6, 2012)

Campaign Finance: Payday loans get the big bucks, again – part 2 (November 10, 2011)

Campaign Finance: Payday loans get the big bucks, again (September 27, 2011)

Campaign Finance: Isn’t that interest(ing)? (August 24, 2011)

Campaign Finance: big bucks for a payday loan PAC (August 20, 2011)

Today, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C111153 04/12/2012 MISSOURIANS FOR EQUAL CREDIT OPPORTUNITY Missourians for Responsible Government P O Box 45571 Kansas City MO 64171 4/11/2012 $140,000.00

C111153 04/12/2012 MISSOURIANS FOR EQUAL CREDIT OPPORTUNITY Missourians for Responsible Government P O Box 45571 Kansas City MO 64171 4/12/2012 $100,000.00

[emphasis added]

That’s some mighty big campaign contributions for the payday loan folks. And they’ve been there before.

Exactly who is this MISSOURIANS FOR EQUAL CREDIT OPPORTUNITY Shadow Group Making It Next To Impossible To Tell Who Is Really Funding This Initiative? [There, fixed it.]

Previously:

Campaign Finance: pouring even more money into defending payday loans (March 22, 2012)

Campaign Finance: if your name was Payday Loans you’d be in the money (March 2, 2012)

Campaign Finance: the payday loan campaign contribution broken record continues… (January 6, 2012)

Campaign Finance: Payday loans get the big bucks, again – part 2 (November 10, 2011)

Campaign Finance: Payday loans get the big bucks, again (September 27, 2011)

Campaign Finance: Isn’t that interest(ing)? (August 24, 2011)

Campaign Finance: big bucks for a payday loan PAC (August 20, 2011)

Today, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C121010 03/27/2012 GIVE MISSOURIANS A RAISE MISSOURI JOBS WITH JUSTICE 2725 CLIFTON AVE SAINT LOUIS MO 63139 3/27/2012 $55,000.00

C111126 03/27/2012 MISSOURIANS FOR RESPONSIBLE LENDING MISSOURI JOBS WITH JUSTICE 2725 CLIFTON AVE SAINT LOUIS MO 63139 3/27/2012 $65,000.00

A living wage, anyone?

That’s a lot of money, unless you compare.

Previously: Campaign Finance: pouring even more money into defending payday loans (March 22, 2012)

But not outnumbered.

Today, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C111153 03/22/2012 MISSOURIANS FOR EQUAL CREDIT OPPORTUNITY Missourians for Responsible Government P O Box 45571 Kansas City MO 64171 3/21/2012 $260,000.00

[emphasis added]

That’s a lot of money. And they keep spending it on the same thing.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: if your name was Payday Loans you’d be in the money (March 2, 2012)

Campaign Finance: the payday loan campaign contribution broken record continues… (January 6, 2012)

Campaign Finance: Payday loans get the big bucks, again – part 2 (November 10, 2011)

Campaign Finance: Payday loans get the big bucks, again (September 27, 2011)

Campaign Finance: Isn’t that interest(ing)? (August 24, 2011)

Campaign Finance: big bucks for a payday loan PAC (August 20, 2011)

Previously: Campaign Finance: a brand spanking new committee rakes it in (November 23, 2011)

C111201: Stand Up Missouri

308 E High St Ste 301 Committee Type: Campaign

Jefferson City Mo 65101

(573) 634-2500 Established Date: 11/16/2011

Ballot Measures Election Date Subject Support/Oppose

Statutory Amendment To Rsmo Chapters 367 And 408, Relating To Payday, Title, Installment, And Consumer Credit Loans, 2012-066 11/06/2012 Consumer Credit Interest Rates, State Of Missouri Oppose

[emphasis added]

Yesterday, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C111201 03/05/2012 STAND UP MISSOURI National Installment Lenders Association P.O. Box 65615 Washington DC 20035 3/5/2012 $50,000.00

Yep, no shortage at all:

C111201: Stand Up Missouri

308 E High St Ste 301 Committee Type: Campaign

Jefferson City Mo 65101

(573) 634-2500 Established Date: 11/16/2011

Information Reported On: 2012 – January Quarterly Report

Previous Receipts for this Election $0.00

Monetary Contributions Received + $237,000.00

Loans Received + $0.00

Miscellaneous Receipts + $100.00

In-kind Contribution Receipts + $44,375.73

Subtotal Receipts for this Report   $281,475.73

Total Receipts for this Election $281,475.73

[emphasis added]

Yesterday, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C111126 02/24/2012 MISSOURIANS FOR RESPONSIBLE LENDING PICO NATIONAL NETWORK 171 SANTA ROSA AVE OAKLAND CA 94610 2/24/2012 $25,000.00

C121010 02/24/2012 GIVE MISSOURIANS A RAISE PICO NATIONAL NETWORK 171 SANTA ROSA AVE OAKLAND CA 94610 2/24/2012 $25,000.00

[emphasis added]

For capping interest rates on payday loans and raising the minimum wage. Such a novel humane idea. Who would be for such things?

That Saul Alinsky, at it again:

Our Mission

PICO is a national network of faith-based community organizations working to create innovative solutions to problems facing urban, suburban and rural communities. Since 1972 PICO has successfully worked to increase access to health care, improve public schools, make neighborhoods safer, build affordable housing, redevelop communities and revitalize democracy.

PICO helps engage ordinary people in public life, building a strong legacy of leadership in thousands of local communities across America.

Nonpartisan and multicultural, PICO provides an opportunity for people and congregations to translate their faith into action. More than 40 different religious denominations and faith traditions are part of PICO.

With more than 1,000 member institutions representing one million families in 150 cities and 17 states, as well as a growing international effort, PICO is one of the largest community-based efforts in the United States. Together we are lifting up a new vision for America that unites people across region, race, class, and religion.

James O’Keefe will play dress up for a chopped up video in three, two, one….