Thank you Taxpayer. Sincerely, Merrill Shareholders

From the Wall Street Journal In the end, investors and financial institutions could face as much as $2 trillion of losses from bad U.S ... from commercial real estate, credit cards, auto debt and business debt, and Goldman’s loan-loss estimate ... rescued both Merrill and Countrywide without government assistance. Mr. Lewis had also argued [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 09:02:01

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Pawlenty on the Bailouts

Pawlenty on the Bailouts Jennifer Rubin - 12.08.2008 - 7: ... , there’s one small problem with the whole concept and that is by any reasonable accounting standard, the federal government of the United States is broke. They’re using credit card debt to pay off credit [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 12:53:34

How to Find Free Government Grants

by Mary Bush Free government grants are available for you, if you need financial aid ... . About the Author: Debt Consolidation News Gold and Platinum Credit Cards ... credit. You can even apply if you had bankruptcy. There is no credit check. There are billions [more...]

Date: 2008-12-21 16:24:55

Senate Steineger Addresses Address to AFP Summit

We received this email from State Senator Chris Steineger earlier today, and we wanted to share it with you uncut and unedited ... , huge credit card debt for throw away consumer goods, and driving gas guzzler vehicles exemplify ... . Our government and its people have been living well beyond our means. The increased National debt, the federal [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 20:07:00

We're Borrowing Like Mad. Can the U.S. Pay It Back?

By Greg Ip at the washingtonpost.comIn its battle against the financial crisis, the U.S ... the government credit card to work with a massive fiscal boost for the economy. Necessary as these steps ... $800 billion of stimulus spending, and U.S. debt soars to 60 percent of GDP by 2010 -- the highest [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 11:13:00

Financial Freedom Awaits

Through this entire economic crisis in our country people tend to use credit cards and apply for loans so they can survive their own financial ... their earnings are debt consolidation companies that helps people manage their finances and consolidate ... . The government debt consolidation loans are great solution in consolidating various loans [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 13:34:00

THAT'S IT!!!! I am creating my own bailout plan

I woke up the following headlines this morning: * DHL to cut 9500 jobs and close US service centers * Government provides record aid ... dollars in my 401K account and I have had a couple of credit card companies try my patience ... us in the near future. Here is the break down:FINANCIAL HEALTH * Debt - Pay off all my credit [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 00:07:00

Debt Solutions

I’ve known of quite a number of people who are struggling between debts ... like this or services like this exist in the country, there’s even a government debt consolidation program that of which ... I know of a friend who’s payroll goes directly to his credit card bills plus the loans on the side [more...]

Date: 2008-10-03 16:05:53

The first law that should be repealed in the United States is the 2005 Bankruptcy Bill: Will Obama eliminate debt slavery?

Our centralized government representatives would like us to believe that the subprime mortgage crisis was not expected, however, ... American citizen from this scam? In 2005, they created Debt Slavery by passing The Bankruptcy Bill. After years of lobbying, the “dream bill for credit card and financial service companies” finally came [more...]

Date: 2008-11-17 18:10:02

Thursday morning links

#fullpost{display:inline;}TOP STORIESRegulators adopt new credit card rules - APTrade-Protection Threat in China, Russia, U.S ... - MarketWatch“The Biggest Bubble Of All . . . U.S. Government Debt” - George Washington BlogMARKETS ... -Funded Downpayment Assistance" Loans - ML-ImplodeRealtors: State home prices have a brutal 2008 - SF [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 14:13:00

An End to the Good Times?

Egads. Even the New York Times isn’t sure that the good times of endless government spending can go on forever ... relentlessly, as if gravity, arithmetic and the tyranny of debt had been defanged by financial engineering. Armed with credit cards and belief in a bountiful future, Americans brought home ceaseless [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 22:10:40

That Makes Me Stabby: Do We Have an Obligation to Spend?

The other day I was watching CNN. (I need to stop doing that. It tends to make me stabby.) ... . I didn’t buy multiple cars I didn’t need. I didn’t let mounds of credit card pile up without panicking ... , not permanently. As I said yesterday, we need to pay down our debt, but the government also needs to fund [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 01:51:12

Fed's Latest Rescue Package Throws Lifeline to Home Buyers

According to this Reuters article, the Fed announced a new rescue package of $800 billion USD to lower the cost of home purchases, credit card and student loans. Under the new mortgage program, the Fed will buy up to $100 billion of debt issued by government-sponsored mortgage enterprises Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac [more...]

Date: 2008-11-26 09:12:56

Government Public Records Search - Why Your Personal Information May Not Be Safe

So how private is your private information? Did you know that your records can be made available government public records to just about anyone with ... lawsuits, employment and unemployment. Your bankruptcy filing, which also contains credit card ... to serve the interests of those seeking information on you such as financial institutions, debt collect [more...]

Date: 2008-12-12 17:38:18

Time for A Trip to the Mall

Andrew Leonard: There’s only one shopper with a purse large enough to make a difference in this kind of mess — and that’s the U.S. government ... cards, and digging themselves even deeper into debt at a time when credit card companies are raising ... t have any credit card debt, you’re gainfully employed, and you are staring at a $499 price tag [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 15:17:43

Debt Consolidation - How Obama is Making it Easier to Eliminate Credit Card Debt

Amazon.de Widgets Recent economic conditions and massive government spending have actually made it easier for consumers to eliminate credit card debt. The passage of the financial stimulus bills has given creditors much more flexibility when negotiating debt settlements. Not only do creditors have a lot of stimulus money to hedge their losses on debt settlements but they are also very worried about defaults on delinquent accounts. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-16 08:49:45

Oh, so now the banks want to talk about credit card debt

Funny how impending doom can change their minds. This remains an industry that is just begging to be regulated ... with consumer advocates to urge the government to allow huge portions of credit card debt to be forgiven ... for consumers to erase their credit card debts in bankruptcy. The new pilot program — which the banks [more...]

Date: 2008-10-31 08:38:00

Are Bailouts Fair?

Paul Solman of The Business Desk on the PBS website received a question from an individual wondering if government money wouldn’t better be spent to pay off all of the outstanding credit card debt of Americans.  While to some extent we’ve already got a system to handle out of control credit card debt - known as bankruptcy, the thought [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 23:46:33

THE LOST ART OF SAVING

I am old enough to remember when there was not a single credit card in all of America. You don't believe me? I'm not surprised ... debt on all levels. The first credit cards went into general use with the American Express card ... . With your government frantically doing everything possible to persuade you to go deeper in debt [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 15:10:31

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