Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:08:39 -0700, Gloria P >
> fired up random neurons and synapses to opine:
>
>> People get roped into it with the promise of making easy money without
>> any effort or investment. Many of the organizations are pyramid selling
>> schemes and once you recruit all your friends into the business so you
>> can earn a percentage of their sales of overpriced junk, there's no one
>> left to sell to. Doh!
>
> I'm hearing a commercial on the radio these days that I've never heard
> befo an offer to give you a lump sum if you sign over your
> "structured settlement" from a lawsuit. The DH (a bankruptcy attorney)
> says that these outfits have been around for a long time, but I don't
> recall hearing/seeing advertisements for them. The ads themselves are
> annoyingly creepy. One guy thanks God for the lump sum for his
> structured settlement, which allowed him to keep his (variable
> mortgage financed) house, another to pay off his credit cards and
> another just wanted to pay his bills. Well, once the lump sums are
> gone, they're still stuck with variable mortgages and irresponsible
> spending habits. It also shines a bright light on how out of control
> litigation is in this country (US) if the bottom feeders can make a
> living off the peripheries of litigation - and this from a litigation
> paralegal!
>
> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
>

Thats the unfortunate part of us vs megacorp. They live on and you don't
and they can really profit from that such as in the scheme you described.
And the best part is even if megacorps are corrupt, greedy and game the
system to make even more money fall into their laps they can't loose
because the red and blue teams will pick our pockets to bail them out
because of our capitalistic profit/ socialist loss system.

If I had to make the choice I would put every rotten politician
and their banking/wall st buddies on a leaky ship because of what they
did to bring the economy to its knees to insure massive wealth was
transferred to a few.