Mammon category archive
Misdirection Play, CRT Dept. 0
At Crooks and Liars, Newshound Ellen follows the money.
How Far Will Wells-Fargo? 0
Afterthought:
They gobbled up the bank that gobbled up the bank that I was using a couple of decades ago. Moving bank accounts is a hassle, but I am so glad I no longer bank with them and haven’t for years.
A Class Act 0
The Portland Press-Herald’s Victoria Hugo-Vidal thinks that the sentiment agains President Biden’s student loan forgiveness is rooted in concepts of social class, that those who are being helped are somehow the “undeserving poor.”
Methinks she is on to something. Follow the link for her reasoning.
Merchants of Death 0
At the Roanoke Times, Virginia Tech professor George McDowell tells the tale of “Big Pharma’s” equally toxic cousin, “Big Arma.”
House of Wax 0
Above the Law’s Joe Patrice has–er–questions about the purported charity status of Professor Amy Wax’s new legal defense fund.
It’s All about the Benjamins 0
When I went to college, my parents were able to pay my tuition and I left college debt-free. In contrast, it was only a few years ago that I finished paying off the “parent loans” that I incurred to educate my own kids.
The cost of “higher education” and the student loan industry is a scam and a con designed to extract money from what should be a public good. But, natch, we live in a society that no longer believes in the public good. It believes only in extracting as much money as possible in as many ways as possible from as many people as possible.
Thank the Chicago School.
Chartering a Course for Disaster 0
The Houston Chronicle follows the money.
Overdrafted 0
I used to wonder how persons who use their debit cards to buy $1.39 cups of coffee (just to pick one example) kept track of their bank accounts. Then I read about the overdraft fees that banks collect and realized, they don’t.
Here’s a hint: carry cash.
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Doing It the Old Fashioned Way 0
I have learned that, as phone companies have increasingly yielded to customer pressure to become more vigilant in blocking car warranty scammers, the scammers have taken to the mails.
Yesterday, I received a letter from a company I’ve never heard of (“Endurance”) warning me that the “extended service plan” that I never purchased was about to expire . . . .
Be forewarned.
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