Truth About Filing Bankruptcy

I've been hearing a lot about houses being left abandoned in the States right now due to recession ... government debt consolidation loans much like the loans we have here in the Philippines from PAGIBIG ... is easily attainable with debt consolidation especially when there are reputable and non-profit credit [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 13:38:57

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Concepts in Frugality: Know What You Want

Today’s post is the first in an occasional series called ‘Concepts in Frugality’. I’m not an expert on frugality, for a myriad of reasons. My family can’t survive on one income, we don’t save enough money, we have too much debt, and it’ ... less so than the United States, but catching up fast. And I think that it’s hard to be immune [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 23:46:07

A Plan to Be Debt Free in 2009

Considering the current state of the economy, it’s likely a smart thing to try and rid yourself of any excess debt right now ... out your latest credit card statements, auto loan statements, student loan statements, etc ...  are a bit lower, and are also tax deductible. debt-payoff-plan Some people decide that it’s easier [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 16:10:27

Have yourselves a conservative Christmas!

A guest-post by Scott Stephens (originally written for an Australian newspaper)Conservative politics is now everywhere in retreat ... . In the United States, the ratio of private debt to income is 290%. In Australia, it is 165 [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 23:47:00

Consolidate credit card debt with debt consolidation - Loan Modification not the answer

Amazon.de Widgets Consolidate credit card debt with debt consolidationThe move by the FTC comes as federal and state officials plan to expand a crackdown on mortgage-related scams to other schemes that prey on debt-ridden consumers.. Try Credit card debt consolidationCan’t Pay Your Bills? You’re not alone. Today, millions of Americans are having difficulty paying their debts. Most of those in financial distress are middle-income families with jobs who want to pay off what they owe. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-23 18:54:41

Hillary Clinton Asks Supporters to Clear Debt

Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign committee sent an e-mail to supporters Tuesday inviting them to congratulate the New York senator on her nomination as secretary of State -- and help pay off her remaining debt. The campaign had nearly $7.5 million in debts to consultants and vendors at the end of October. [more...]

Date: 2008-12-03 17:20:35

GAS TAX is needed

Personally, I believe in the idiom—you get what you pay for—so cutting taxes too much has never made sense to me ... the Articles of Confederation (AC), the United States held a lot of debt, because under the AC, it was hard [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 23:13:49

Obama Supporters Swapped Sex, Kidneys For Tickets To Hear Him Speak

A lot of people have huge Oboners for Obama and wanted to share their swelling pride with fellow cultists ... to cover the United States public debt bill. Thank you. Yeah? We've got a depression for you to check [more...]

Date: 2008-11-05 17:32:01

Democrats ignore recent history/reality, continue to spend money we don't have

The Wednesday edition of the Cedar Rapids Gazette shows a picture of Governor Chet Culver and a headline - a snippet from his state of the state ... budget properly.  So now our ignorant of debt Governor proposes borrowing money in the form of issuing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 00:08:01

Mental Illness Made The Democrat Not Pay The IRS Or The State Of New York But He Was Fit To Work For The Governor

Robert, it really is a mental illness!  Gov ... he recently settled a debt that soared to at least $206,000. The sum included $151,000 owed to the IRS ... by the state. O’Byrne disclosed the tax debt and his failure to file returns after being questioned [more...]

Date: 2008-10-18 14:05:16

Commentary: King paved the way for Obama

Clarence B. Jones, CNN - Next week, the day after our national holiday commemorating the 80th birthday of Dr ... and institutional racism in the United States. America owes a great debt to Dr. King. Prior to him, our nation [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 02:40:01

Global Financial Meltdown: Sweeping Deregulation of the US Banking System (1999)

Dandelion Salad by Michel Chossudovsky Global Research, October 17, 2008 The following text reviews, in a historical context, the 1987, ... . Moreover, as underwriters of the public debt at federal, state and municipal levels, the financial [more...]

Date: 2008-10-18 13:45:19

NJ Gov. Corzine Contemplates Budget Cuts

Are they really budget cuts or are they reductions in the increase in state spending from previous projections? ... in debt financing to make the stem cell research center work, but taxpayers voted that down [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 16:25:00

ISRAEL-PALESTINE TEST-CRICKET MATCH; ABSTRACTIONS, POLITICS, AND SCIENCE IN THE SHADOWS ON THE STAIRCASE

If it were me managing the Israel squad leading 916-5 in my innings with no out and still on my opening pair, ... f/x, non-US sovereign and corporate debt, and commodities. Warrior states with huge DEBT/GDP ratios [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 01:21:00

2009: Adapt, Improvise, Overcome

Just finished watching "Heartbreak Ridge" for the umpteenth time ... recap where we are today:Debt has risen at a faster rate than GDP for the last seven years. This has led to a falsely-stated increase in GDP, in that when debt rises faster than GDP (on a percentage [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 03:21:00

Homeowners bank on new ways to fight foreclosures

News & TrendsEarly this year, homeowners in Cleveland filed a class action against financial titan Deutsche Bank, ... activity” that flies in the face of state law and the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act [more...]

Date: 2008-12-12 07:19:00

DrumBeat: October 7, 2008

A Gift From the ’70s: Energy Lessons The presidential candidates claim to see America’s energy future, ... the government to approve state loans for refinancing debt, said a spokesman for OAO Lukoil [more...]

Date: 2008-10-07 13:15:04

Ralph Nader sent letters to all fifty Governors asking them to put state financial data on the web

Found at Phillyburbs.com By ANGELA DELLI SANTI The Associated Press TRENTON, N.J ... the state’s revenues, expenditures and debt. Pennacchio said the measure would make government [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 04:18:23

Obama and Congress - How Extreme, How Far Left?

The Wall Street Journal has listed some issues that reside in Congress and is actually suggesting this is a problem for Barack Hussein Obama ... such as the Detroit auto makers or to bail out states like New York that are in debt. If Mr. Obama [more...]

Date: 2008-11-06 14:15:55

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

Five Reason To Get Primary Liability In Truck Insurance Coverage

by katie George The goods movement through road is always increasing within state or inter-state level ... from huge losses some time. About the Author: Debt Consolidation ... occurs. 2. The primary liability coverage is made compulsory by state and federal agency [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 16:40:03

Tiernan wins Oregon GOP Chairmanship

From Jeff Mapes' blog at the Big O, posted late this afternoon: Former state Rep ... to get out of debt The rest of Mapes' story, and your comments, after the jump.Tiernan served in the state [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 02:52:30

Telemarketer calling from 949-981-0364 (Irvine, CA)

Alphanumericone reported a Telemarketer (9499810364 from Irvine area, CA) . The following comments were posted: Spam text message stating "Do you have 10k or more in credit card debt? Our debt relief program CUTS your payments and total debt by over HALF. No upfront fees. May we contact you? Permalink: http://www.numberinvestigator.com/phone/949-981-0364.html [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 16:12:12

Royal Bank of Scotland Wins a Buyout-Lending Crown

Toby Lewis, of Financial News, files this dispatch on how one bank that received government funds is lending, but to buyouts. Financial News is a Dow Jones publication and a contributor to Deal Journal. U.K. state-backed ... attributed to those businesses incurring too much debt as part of leveraged buy-outs and recaps.” [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 14:51:22

Royal Bank of Scotland Wins a Buyout-Lending Crown

Toby Lewis, of Financial News, files this dispatch on how one bank that received government funds is lending, but to buyouts. Financial News is a Dow Jones publication and a contributor to Deal Journal. U.K. state-backed ... attributed to those businesses incurring too much debt as part of leveraged buy-outs and recaps.” [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 17:50:00

America will soon get to meet the Congressional looneys it just put in charge of Obama's Socialist madhouse

Source WSJNow that Barack Obama has vanquished John McCain, he faces a much greater foe: Democrats on Capitol Hill ... or to bail out states like New York that are in debt. If Mr. Obama doesn't want to have to pass a Tarp II [more...]

Date: 2008-11-06 19:00:00

"Crime Doesn't Pay(back)"

The Houston Press this week examined the important issue of victim restitution and discovered that:Across the entire state, 90 ... of it, or $2.3 million (see "Bad Debt").Unfortunately, reporter Chris Vogel mostly took his lead ... : "This is the problem for which no one seems to have a solution: how to make someone pay money that they don't [more...]

Date: 2008-12-07 15:20:00

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

The Ghost of Depression Past

The Ghost of Depression Past By The Editorial Board The economy is tanking, and true to Republican form, ... , making its other debt more expensive and undermining the very idea of state fiscal relief. Yet Mr ... federal relief, Mr. Hoover was finally persuaded by Congressional progressives to sign a bill [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 21:08:14

Collection Agency Scare Tactic: We’ll Get Your Driver’s License Suspended

Collection agencies never seem to have enough tricks up their sleeves for scheming and lying to debtors.  Most recently, it was brought to my attention by a reader that a collection agency had threatened to have his Washington State Driver’s License suspended if he didn’t satisfy a debt.  Considering [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 00:12:32

Tips To Short Sale Your House

Hello there! If you are new here, you might want to subscribe to the RSS feed for updates from BB Articles.Powered by WP Greet BoxIn today’s economy, property owners in trouble are considering every option at their disposal to resolve their housing debts. We are seeing this trend growing each month, although varying from state to state. All too often, in many cases, it is hard to imagine a real solution that will not do additional harm to your already damaged credit. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-26 20:05:45

Bankruptcy: Pros and Cons

With today’s economic crisis, there are many individuals who may have no choice but to file for bankruptcy ... has been repossessed, or your debts have been taken over by a collection agency. As stated at the outset ... out there are consequences that need to be addressed. 1.  Once you file for bankruptcy, it is listed on your credit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 14:49:45

Subtle Subversion

Medved Myths… Anyone who is not aware that the United States is in deep trouble needs to learn to read. Debt, private and public, is about to sink the good ship America into the sea of world government. The legal structure for Fascism has been set in place by the votes of the farcical individuals [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 12:25:43

on mortgage talks

A childhood friend just got home 1 month earlier my father, she too works in a cruise line! ... 1 in the states that helped millions of people with their house financing, debt consolidation and equity loans. like this company, good and renowned service must be the first thing to consider [more...]

Date: 2008-10-27 13:51:27

Short sale debt forgiveness not to be taxed

The state Department of Revenue, reversing an earlier stand, says sellers do not have to pay real estate excise tax on debt forgiven in a short sale. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 18:03:00

Bankruptcy Rules Thwart the Recovery

As seen in the Wall Street Journal The epic financial crisis afflicting the banking industry in the last 18 months is largely the result of ... in this bear market, the prospect of a bankruptcy puts a huge damper on investor appetite for debt ... debt issued for scores of leveraged buyouts in recent years. This sorry state of affairs could [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 17:44:29

Franken on Looming Credit Crisis

Al Franken’s been holding press conferences, roundtables and events around the state about where he stands on tons of issues ... in consumer debt, the average household’s credit card debt is over $8,500. I’m not sure why this isn’ ... said he would back a “credit card bill of rights,” crack down on predatory lenders and repeal [more...]

Date: 2008-08-14 09:21:12

CBPP: Many States Couldn’t Accept Loans Anyways

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a liberal policy analysis group, ... to cover operating expenses. Other state constitutions or statutes strictly limit the amount of debt [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 19:57:16

WSJ: IRS Makes It Harder To Negotiate Tax Debts

Wall Street Journal: Wiping Out Your Tax Debt Gets Tougher; IRS Tightens Rules, as Firm That Acts as Middleman Settles Cases With 18 States, by Tom Herman: It's getting harder for taxpayers in debt with the IRS to negotiate a deal to pay ... in 2007 from 106,000 in 2004. ... Critics say the program needs to be overhauled. In a recent report [more...]

Date: 2008-07-23 16:45:31

Ukraine kicks to touch on gas crisis

The Wall Street Journal (subs. req’d) is reporting that Ukraine is to settle the $2 billion debt to Gazprom via loans to the public gas company Naftogaz from two state-owned banks.  As Edward explained a few days ago, the gas debt ... is possible with the huge gas debt unresolved.  And this solution really does nothing to resolve [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 16:49:41

Pre-Foreclosure Walkaways

From AP Mortgage law experts say the incentive to walk away from a home loan is highest in states that have anti-deficiency statutes, ... collection on an unsecured debt that can be readily dismissed. The bottom line really amounts ... , California, Connecticut, Florida, Idaho, Minnesota, North Carolina, North Dakota, Texas, Utah [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 00:29:58

Bill Richardson: Still my Facebook Friend!

I might be going out on a limb here, but I don't care what people say about Bill Richardson - I still like him! ... for endorsing Barack Obama, ended his Presidential campaign in debt, and most recently withdrew ... , I also remembered when he blatantly stated "homosexuality is a choice" at the LOGO Presidential Forum [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 20:00:00

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

Ronald Hardy: A Green Party national membership proposal

Posted at Green Party Watch Summary: The Green Party of the United States (GPUS) is in a tough position financially. It is in debt, and struggling to meet its monthly expenses. Below I present a case ... Nominating convention, and is going deeper into debt with each month that donations don’t add [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 20:49:06

What’s next for Lee?

Although its stock has been pummeled to pennies per share and its auditors have stated the company is in danger of defaulting on $1.4 billion in debt, Lee Enterprises still produces a larger operating profit, percentage-wise, than ... to make a $142.5 million debt payment due this spring.Because Lee is unlikely to have the cash to pay [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 04:15:00

Debt Is Robbing From The Future

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has now stated the obvious by finally agreeing with bankers that the world seems to be heading into a recession ... , the Bible understood that debt is something that should be avoided wherever possible. Proverbs 22:7 says ... approach to money management, many Christian leaders have argued, is to avoid debt like the plague [more...]

Date: 2008-10-25 03:28:30

How To Get Out Of Credit Card Debt On My Own

I am sick and tired about my awful state of financial affairs. I got sick back in January and as a result I had to leave my occupation ... up as they shall be overcome. Post from: Bankruptcy Articles How To Get Out Of Credit Card Debt ... t know what to do. I tried to call three of my credit card companies and was just told I needed to pay. While [more...]

Date: 2008-10-18 01:04:52

President Obama Wants You to Get Rid of Your Debt Apply For Your Free Federal Grant Now

Currently the United States of America is facing its most serious economic crisis in decades Commentators noted that the country lost about 2 6 million jobs last year, while another 589,000 were shed in January this year alone [more...]

Date: 2009-09-28 12:22:12

Solution to bankruptcy

Bankruptcy is defined as a condition where an individual or an organisation is not able to pay their debts to their creditors. Bankruptcy would seem to be the last option for some to clear our debt. Bankruptcy laws are available all over the world. In the United States in particular, new bankruptcy laws have been proposed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 04:23:09

Carnival of Debt Reduction, Thanksgiving Week Edition

This Thursday is Thanksgiving in the United States. If you’re traveling, please do so safely ... with a quickie on how not to abuse your credit cards. Destroy Debt lists over six dozen ways ... have to use your credit card for things. Debt Free Destiny asks how freely your cash is flowing. Credit Card [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 07:42:18

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