Moral choice - give money away or buy stuff/services instead?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

S_A, Credit Unions belong to the members. There's no forcing, no stigma, if you need a loan. If you don't need a loan your savings finance those members who do.

- but I understood S_A to mean that his friend was "forced" by circumstances to seek out a Loan provider, not that the Credit Union "forced" him/her to take a loan out.

PS While Seamus Heaney won a Nobel for Lit, fellow College past pupil John Hume, who founded the Credit Union in Derry, won his Nobel for Peace. John is not too well now. Spare him a thought.

Indeed so.

[Padraig]

- but I understood S_A to mean that his friend was "forced" by circumstances to seek out a Loan provider, not that the Credit Union "forced" him/her to take a loan out.

So did I.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

So did I.

Ahh ... apologies.

[pastoralguy]

I notice the National Lottery is running a campaign that focuses on 'Who wins if you win?' I'm sure many groups and individuals benefit from those few souls who win these staggering amounts. I think the ability to do so much good is an incentive for those of us who cough up week after week.