12/15 http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/15/military.gambling/index.html
Military Slot Machines make $130mil/year from its soldiers to
pay for things army can't pay for.
\_ Our education system is paid for by lottery also.
\_ This country is endlessly willing to take advantage of the
weak/stupid -- witness our tolerance for predatory lending.
And we don't even bother teaching people the financial
ramifications in school anymore. What's more, we even made
bankruptcy more difficult. Most people who end up in
bankruptcy suffered from a medical emergency, or got
divorced. Now we make it even more difficult for such
people to recover--in the name of more profit for the
already rich. What a generous Christian country we are!
\_ Nice troll. Are you also against freedom to smoke and
freedom to gamble?
\_ How about being against manipulating nicotine levels
to hook people without informing that nicotine was
as addictive as heroin? How about being against
not warning tobacco companies'
victims that smoking causes cancer and emphysema,
even if TC's knew it, but rather lying about those
even if TC's knew it knew it, but rather lying about those
two things? How about setting up slot machines
with a .25 payout without saying so? Are you glad
that Government forced regulation on industry in
those instances? Now how about some regulations
on predatory lending?
\_ "Predatory lending". Pft. Everything is right there in front
of the people signing. I didn't have a single finance class of
\_ yes, but how many of them understand it and the real
ramifications? Do you think it's OK for smart people
to take advantage of stupid ones? Morally OK?
Granted, government can't protect stupid people
from themselves and all of the unscrupulous smart people,
but right now government is aiding and abetting the
bastards who're taking advantage of the stupid. You know,
these contracts aren't really clear, they should read:
"I know I am signing a contract which is likely to
screw me over a few years down the road".
screw me over a few years down the road". Much like
the warnings on cigarette labels: "Warning: product
causes cancer."
\_ Best Troll Evar!
any sort K-12+College but I still managed to figure out that an
\_ congratulations, you're not stupid! Now how would you
feel if by a combination of having been born stupid
and having been taken advantage of by someone smarter
than you, that you lost your house? Do you think that
some divine right exists for smart people to screw
stupid ones over? Now, do you think you're smarter than
every possible bastard who would exploit your ignorance
in some area to dispossess you for his benefit?
ARM is incredibly risky, *requires* a refi before the rates go
up and managed to figure out that the 40 year historic lows in
the lending market were not going to stay that way forever.
That's a totally different issue from the bakruptcy laws, medical
or divorce induced financial collapse, etc. No one knows they're
going to get sick but most people do have insurance and everyone
knows they will get sick at some point. Divorce laws are just
broken. |
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