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Does the US still allow slavery?
"The borrower is slave to the lender" - Proverbs 22:7
Yet there are credit cards, mortgages, payday lenders and all other kinds of borrowing that's allowed .
4 Answers
- Anonymous9 years agoFavorite Answer
No. Now it's called highway robbery.
Source(s): Retired bill collector 35 years - Anonymous9 years ago
Even under Sharia, people manage to borrow--in those cases, the slight of hand is the bank "owns" the property and rents to the borrower for a set length of time, then transfers the title.
- ?Lv 79 years ago
Folks, see how religion screws with your mind?
If you don't want to borrow money, fine. It's NO business of yours whether someone else does or not.
- GreyLv 69 years ago
hmm well its an interesting question.. the HUGE difference between then and now is that back then you had something called debtors prison..
