The actor Stacey Keach narrates a news magazine show on CNBC called American Greed. In it, people are profiled throughout the United States who take the life savings of unfortunate people who have not learned to follow their internal compass. I say this because without fail almost each, and every one of them allude to the fact that they knew that something wasn't quite right in the salesman's pitch , but they went ahead at the insistence of the pitchman (in most cases), and all but had a hand in taking themselves to financial ruin. Massive deception encapsulates America on a routine basis in every field of endeavor, but it is rarely heard of until its reaches the scale of the Bernie Madoff saga. While most Americans trudge along, going about their daily lives, a large percentage of them don't realize that they are a part of the American scam machine, so to speak. By assigning titles, giving companies catchy names, and dressing the CEO, CFO,COO, or any of the company heads in his best Ivy League attire and getting the lingo down pat, most peoples guards are relaxed and then its, let the games begin. Under the guise of assistance, homes and property have been devalued, while the mortgage companies play roulette, and gamble with the fortunes of their investors. To make matters worse they actually receive bailouts from the government to get out of the holes they dig for themselves. Even if you tried to pay attention you were diverted with stories about who was the father of Anna Nicole Smith's baby, or Lindsey Lohans' state of inebriatedness, because the powers that be know that most of you are more interested in gossip than worrying about something solid, like your family's financial stability, or future, then throw in the fact that some computation, or math is involved, (far be it for you to strain your brain) because who has time for thinking that hard. These people routinely take all that you have, and then return to their massive estates on Cape Cod, with multiple private jets, helicopters, and any of the accoutrement's that the good life has to offer, and bask in the glow of success with their families while their monthly tally in the upkeep of their mistress is probably larger than what 65% of America lives off of for the year and you made it all possible because you were more interested in knowing how Kourtney and Kim took Miami. Now ain't that a Bitch! Now for the kicker though, the few and far who happen to get caught up are given a sabbatical at a country club that they call a Federal Holding Facility for a few months, whereupon afterwards they disappear with all the millions of dollars, never to be heard from again. The puzzling thing though is, if one of us gets caught up in some relatively minor breach of the law, we're locked up for inordinate amounts of time. Go figure! Its time to turn off the Jodie Arias trail, who cares who won an Oscar, time to pay attention to your affairs my friend. Take care of your business, or your business will take care of you!
Da Bad Guy!
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