tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post8928444312229904525..comments2023-09-21T06:15:03.099-07:00Comments on Conjugate Visits: Before I Go Dark: Banking and the Art of the Nebulous SentenceJune Casagrandehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363096837053080969noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-55698286010975561172008-07-19T16:43:00.000-07:002008-07-19T16:43:00.000-07:00Oh, my god, I can't believe I never considered tho...Oh, my god, I can't believe I never considered those three things together before: predatory credit card-pushing, lenders going under and needing our bailout, and the murmured shame-on-you message that their victims must endure even as the banks take the victims' money and the taxpayers' money and run. <BR/><BR/>Wow. Now I'm really mad. Your apology to the drug dealers, however, took some of the edge off my anger.<BR/><BR/>: )<BR/>See you in a few days.<BR/><BR/>- JuneJune Casagrandehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00363096837053080969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-85996373421596175262008-07-19T15:24:00.000-07:002008-07-19T15:24:00.000-07:00I'm convinced that the major differences between d...I'm convinced that the major differences between drug dealers and credit pushers are 1) the credit pushers are cloaked under a facade of legality and 2) with the drug dealers, you actually get something positive out of the deal. Of course, not having ever dealt with the former, I'm sure my comparison is unfair. I apologize to the drug dealers.<BR/><BR/>It's especially irritating given recent events that these folks (and I include the big names who have ceremoniously gone under, though I'm sure they think themselves better than the strip-mall mortgage hacks and plastic peddlers) expect and generally get bail-outs and preferential treatment, meanwhile their bilking the working classes out of their hard-earned cash with 25+% interest and ARMs, etc., is sanctioned and even occasionally frosted with sanctimonious sermons about said working classes' irresponsible spending habits.Joelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05550742712966484303noreply@blogger.com