Second, I think greed has always been with us, and telemarketers and those guys late at night with their big time money making commercials are only an extension from the days when those guys used to drive around the country in their covered wagons selling snake oil to the public, convincing them it could do all sorts of things.

Some governmental controls helped keep things in line to a degree, but once the doors are off, then everyone is open game, and suddenly children and animals are getting offers for credit cards. Heck, I’ve lived in this house for 8 years, and the previous two owners are still getting credit card offers at this address, even though I keep writing both (using their free envelopes, of course) and telling them those people don’t live here. But who knows if that’s not happening in other neighborhoods, at other houses, and those people just may not be as scrupulous as I am?

Thanks for the comment; sorry if your eyes were assaulted.

I came over to read your blog but had some difficulty because the “Ads by Google” covered about a third of the page. I went to your other blogs and that is the case with them as well. The ad covers nearly half the page.

So based on the part I was able to read, here is my response: I agree, deregulation has hurt this economy but so has pure greed. The red flag warnings were there but everyone seemed to ignore them. Now ALL of us are forced to pay the price for those actions.

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