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Cheaper Way To File For Bankruptcy?

The Wall Street Journal roused varied reactions with its story on a Cheaper Way To File For Bankruptcy by Katy Stech Ferek. First, I am opposed to licensing of most professions, including law. It deceives the public into believing competence exists, where it may, or may not. Take away the licensing, and consumers will have to [...]

But I Don’t Want To File Bankruptcy!

Almost everyone tells me this. And I say, no one does!  If you want to file bankruptcy, something is wrong with you. You are a con man, and this is part of some plan to rip folks off. If you feel bad about filing bankruptcy, that is good. That is what I tell my clients. [...]

Spending Your Way To Bankruptcy?

Well, it takes a lot to surprise me any more, but, this one caught my eye: Millennials financing sheets and concert tickets I mean, huh? Maria LaMagna has the story on MarketWatch. The company Brooklinen sells pricey sheets: its “classic” sheet set for a queen-sized bed costs $129. But that can be steep for millennials, [...]

Spending Your Way To Bankruptcy?

Well, it takes a lot to surprise me any more, but, this one caught my eye: Millennials financing sheets and concert tickets I mean, huh? Maria LaMagna has the story on MarketWatch. The company Brooklinen sells pricey sheets: its “classic” sheet set for a queen-sized bed costs $129. But that can be steep for millennials, [...]

Bankruptcy As Emergency Planning

Reading Maurie Blackman, The Motley Fool, on Business Insider on the Yahoo site, Middle-class Americans are feeling a lot of financial stress and thinking about what to post on today. And how many times I write about having a budget, tracking how much you spend and earn. And it occurred to me that we plan [...]

Bankruptcy As Emergency Planning

Reading Maurie Blackman, The Motley Fool, on Business Insider on the Yahoo site, Middle-class Americans are feeling a lot of financial stress and thinking about what to post on today. And how many times I write about having a budget, tracking how much you spend and earn. And it occurred to me that we plan [...]

Debt Worries

Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. Horrible story today about a New York couple who dove to their deaths from their office. Over debt problems. A broke Manhattan chiropractor and his wife jumped to their deaths from an office building Friday — leaving suicide notes describing how they “cannot live with” their [...]

Debt Worries

Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. Horrible story today about a New York couple who dove to their deaths from their office. Over debt problems. A broke Manhattan chiropractor and his wife jumped to their deaths from an office building Friday — leaving suicide notes describing how they “cannot live with” their [...]

Consumer Bankruptcy Update

Different consumer bankruptcy things happening. Good Consumer News The FTC caught another bad guy. This time, the Federal Trade Commission shut down an operation that collected more than $690,000 in fake debts by threatening consumers with lawsuits or arrests.  They are not the only ones using this scam. When an individual called the provided number, [...]

Consumer Bankruptcy Update

Different consumer bankruptcy things happening. Good Consumer News The FTC caught another bad guy. This time, the Federal Trade Commission shut down an operation that collected more than $690,000 in fake debts by threatening consumers with lawsuits or arrests.  They are not the only ones using this scam. When an individual called the provided number, [...]