Archive for the ‘Debt’ Category

 

sacredhands on May 18th, 2007Debt Collectors Prey on Elderly Exempt Social Security Checks

First a lesson: “Federal law says creditors can’t take Social Security and Veteran’s benefits to pay debts.”
Debt collectors are ruthless. They have all kinds of tactics for getting you to pay them money that you rightfully might not be required to pay them. If you wake up one morning and discover your bank account [...]

sacredhands on Mar 1st, 2007Grandma Gang Exploits Become Poor Things Movie

Get ready for Shirley MacLaine and Olympia Dukakis starring together in a movie called Poor Things, to be directed by the cousin of the director responsible for Borat. The script “was inspired by real news events and crime scandals surrounding recent arrests and convictions of elderly women for various “grandma gang” exploits, which have included [...]

sacredhands on Oct 28th, 2006Gov. Rendell to Seniors: You lead “very gray lives”

It’s always fascinating to understand how one man’s rationalization can lead to another man’s downfall. Seniors, you see, at least according to Pennsylvania Governor Rendell, lead “very gray lives” and therefore it’s OK to legalize slots machines.
Hell, why not recruit seniors to play ghosts this Halloween. Hey Rendell, see you on election day! I [...]

sacredhands on Mar 12th, 2006Oliver Twist Visits This Old Home Equity

Busy enjoying the good life…on credit? It’s sort of like unprotected sex. You just might have to accept the fact that you’re a father or the new owner of a lifelong health condition that can, at times, produce ugly flare-ups.
The same can be said for those who run up their credit debt. You may own [...]

sacredhands on Mar 5th, 2006Raid the IRA to Pay Off Home Equity Loan (Pay No Attention, Tony Blair)

Second child got you down? Didn’t anticipate the full cost of raising a child so you took out a home equity loan to help make ends meet? Welcome to the suburbs, where the women work, the men work, and the babies cry for lack of attention.
But that’s not the only thing screaming these days. [...]