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Where Has All The Stimulus Money Gone?

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

It has been plenty of time now since those in power of this great nation of ours have taken it upon themselves to create $700 billion dollars that we don’t have out of thin air and distribute it throughout our ailing nation. There seems to be no evidence that these “great” leaders of ours have actually helped this country in any way. In fact, it almost feels like they are trying to destroy it. And first of all, let me say that I’m not talking about any particular party or lobbyists or political action committees. I’m talking about every single person and organization that holds the utmost honor of making the decisions for the American people.

Is there no integrity anymore? Don’t any of these cold people have a conscious? It appears not. They are so eager to put out all of this money into our economy. Do they not realize that eventually someone will have to pay the price tag to the tune of $700 billion dollars for our greed and poor decision making skills. And unfortunately that someone who will have to pay that price tag will be our sons, daughters, grandsons, granddaughters and their sons and daughters. Those future generations are going to look back on ours with such disgust and will be aghast at how we could have made such poor decisions.

And all of this stimulus money hasn’t helped at all. The unemployment rate is the same, if not worse, the poor housing market is the same, if not worse, and people are being forced to sell their stuff online at sellbits.com just to get by. It truly is a shame! It is also especially hard because I know that the individual American today feels more insignificant than ever. They are always voting for the lesser of two evils instead of choosing between the best of the best. They feel like they can trust no politician. And they are right, they can’t. They also feel like it doesn’t matter what they think or feel because nobody listens. And they are right, nobody does.

I don’t know where all of the stimulus money went, although I have a pretty good idea. It just seems to have disappeared. $700 billion dollars and the city of Las Vegas are making all city employees take a significant pay cut. I wonder if any of the CEOs of the casinos are taking a pay cut. I think not. That’s probably where all of the stimulus money went. It went into all of the CEOs pockets as bonuses. Could the Obama administration have done a worse job in delegating and controlling where this money has gone? Then again I wouldn’t be surprised if the whole presidential administration was getting kickbacks on kickbacks.

I think that its time the American people step up. We should all rise up and REFUSE to pay taxes to this country until this political craziness is under control. It is time for the citizens of this country to display some integrity and backbone. We need to do things the right way or we won’t be doing anything at all in the future. Our great nation as we know it will be no more.

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Federal Attorney Call Limitted Right To Sue Moving Companies Unfair

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

A Federal attorney, who helped create the laws governing the right of aggrieved consumers to seek monetary claims from moving companies, calls the limitations on the rights of consumers to sue moving companies, “unfair and unreasonable.”

In 2002, Attorney Auden Grumet represented a group of shippers, who had all been cheated in various ways by unscrupulous interstate movers. The shippers claimed various amounts of emotional distress, which forced at least one of them to seek psychiatric care. According to Grunet’s report of the case, the court only awarded damages on a very narrow scope. .

In describing the decision, Grunet warned that the Federal Laws generally protect moving companies from suits of this nature, and the exceptions to the law were very narrow. Furthermore, he added, considering that the decisions in the various Federal courts are not consistent, on this aspect of the law, it is hard to predict what kind of response a claimant is likely to get, in a given Federal court.

In spite of the fact that Grunet is one of the few Federal Attorneys to win any concessions against moving companies, he indicated that overall, the current law is very unfair to consumers who believe they have been wronged in an interstate move. Grunet responded recently to one consumer who was complaining that she had been cheated by her moving company. The company offered one quote, which she accepted, and than began loading her belongings. At some point during the pickup process the company informed her there were more boxes than were noted on the inventory list. They issued a new price, which she did not agree to, however, she allowed the move to continue. The movers than held her goods for a month, and wouldn’t deliver until she paid the extra sum. Finally they agreed to deliver the goods to her new house. They showed up at the house and she paid the balance due, in cash. However, the money she gave the movers did not cover the additional fee the company was charging, and they simply got back in the truck, drove away and put her goods in storage.

This woman’s plea for help was posted on an Internet legal forum. The first attorney to answer her question was inexperienced in questions of moving scam. Her advice, which reflects the overall ignorance of the law regulating interstate moves, was to sue the company in court for breach of contract. Garnet was the second attorney, and informed the victim that unfortunately, due to a Federal statute known as the Carmack Amendment, [to the Interstate Commerce Act; 49 U.S.C §101 et. seq.], virtually all state laws that are inconsistent with Federal Law, are “preempted,” meaning they are negated or nullified. This means the normal recourse of suit in court for damages and breach of contract, don’t apply to interstate moves.This status quo has been reaffirmed in a legal decision made earlier this year in Werner v. Westwind, 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 396 (11th Cir. 2009).

Garnet concluded by advising the consumer that he generally concluded that unless the loss, in an interstate move, involves significant losses with significant value, it’s just not worth the uphill battle.

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Car Scrappage Scheme Might Be Extended After Huge Success

Saturday, August 15th, 2009

Earlier this year in May, the UK government launched a scheme for scrapping old cars that rewarded new car buyers. Oddly enough it was called the ‘Car Scrappage Scheme’ and it gave car buyers 2000 towards a new car when they scrapped a car that’s more than 10 years old.

The overall cost for the scheme was 600 million pounds. Out of the total pot required to fund the scheme, half was payed by the tax payer, the other half was payed for by the car manufacturers. Despite this being a large sum to invest in a scheme, it’s certainly proving successful for the market.

The total number of new cars registered for July 2009 have just been released and they show a rise of 2.4% compared to July 2008. Overall 157,149 new cars were registered last month, overall a 2.4% rise in sales from last July. Out of the total 157,149 cars registered in July, over 33,000 of them were registered using the scrappage scheme system. The last sales rise seen was back in April 2008, so although 2.4% is not a huge number, it’s still a number to be happy about.

Due to the good results the scheme has created, many MPs are looking to extend the scheme for throughout 2010. The scheme is currently set to end by February 2010 or when the tax payers 300 million runs out. However, due to the massive amount of popularity for the schme with almost 150,000 cars registered using it, I would assume they will carry the scheme on.

If the scheme is continued, car manufacturers will be hoping that the rise in cars registered will continue as more people buy into the scheme.

Despite it being a big success for the new car sector, it has caused some troubles in other parts of the market. The first would be the second hand market. As everyone is scrapping their old cars, many people are finding it hard to find a suitable second hand car. The second sector that’s affected is the cheap car leasing market.

Due to the high number of new cars being registered, the leasing sector is loosing out because people are opting for a new car rather than a Nissan lease whereas they could just scrap their old car and get money off a new one. Fortunately, this problem isn’t also passed onto the van contract hire sector because the scheme doesn’t benefit van scrappage as yet.

 

What The Heck Is A Government Foreclosure Auction?

Friday, July 10th, 2009

What The Heck Is A Government Foreclosure Auction?

When we hear that a house or farm is going up for foreclosure, we tend to think of the bank coming in to claim ownership. But the government, and not just banks, can also seize property, farms, ranches, condominiums or mobile homes. The US government can seize property from anyone who owes them a lot of taxes or who defaulted on a VA home loan. Sometimes, the government decides to use the property for social programs, but mostly they just sell in a government foreclosure auction.

How It Works

You can find a list of properties to be sold by government foreclosure auctions for free. You can use a paid service, but why bother? All you need to do is check out the US government’s web page at the US Department of the Treasury. You won’t just find homes and farms listed, but often will find cars, boats, office equipment and sometimes rare books.

Changes By State

Government foreclosure auctions are a little more complicated than the usual auction where you show up and raise your hand, pay and immediately take the item home. It’s more like an eBay auction. The actual particulars of when and where you present your bid differ from state to state. In some states, you only need to bring ten percent of your bid with you in order to win the home. For other states, you need to bring the full amount. That’s a big difference.

Caveat Empor

One of the disadvantages of any kin of real estate auction is that once it’s yours, you can’t back out of the deal. You need to know as much information about that property up for a government foreclosure auction as possible before you decide on a bid. You are responsible for checking on the property’s condition yourself. This can be difficult if there are people still living on the property.

If you really have your heart set on the property, you may be able to work out a deal to buy the home from the people still living in the house. In this way, the government foreclosure auction is stopped. But you have to check with the broker assigned to handle the auction. Again, laws vary from state to state.

Thankfully, the government does not directly handle government foreclosure auctions. Nothing would ever get sold. In order to get things done, what the government does is hire local brokers and real estate agencies to handle the whole thing.

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How can our Government better manage currency exchange?

Monday, May 14th, 2007
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