I try to make it a habit to avoid watching the news. I don't know about you but It tends to depress me. The media seems more interested in serving propaganda rather than giving us objective reports.
However in light of all the recent events, I've started to watch the news again. And I'll be honest with you. What I've witnessed has made me sick to my stomach. I can't believe there are so many good people losing their home, jobs and retirement income. Yet, we're spending billions of dollars bailing out the bastards that helped put us in this mess.
This bailout plan is like me catching a thief in my home and cursing him out. But instead of calling the cops or beating him up, I give him the keys to my house and few hundred dollars and tell him "don't do this again"! And by the way you can still keep the stuff you stole. Now ain't that a "B"?
I don't know, maybe it's because of The Bronx in me. But where I'm from, when someone screws you over, you don't reward them. Where I'm from you "catch a bad one" for screwing folks over. I guess this is why it's so hard for me to grasp the concept of a bailout plan for these corporate punks. Yeah, yeah I've heard how this allegedly will help folks on main street. But excuse me if I'm a little skeptical.
The fact I worked in Corporate America for so many years probably doesn't help my disposition. The years I spent there gives me a more jaded perspective because I saw a lot of how money was misused. I personally witnessed how good people like my buddies in the mail room or lunch room were victims of salary decreases or layoffs. Many of which could have easily been avoided by cutting the salary or bonuses of executives, who quite frankly were overpaid considering the value they brought. So when I hear about how we're bailing some of these folks out, it throws me into a rage.
My Version of a Bailout Plan
But I'm not going to cry over spilled milk. I've decided to be proactive and do my part and offer a little "somethin, somethin" for the regular folks that everyone seems to talk about but aren't opening their wallets to.
My $500 work at home bail out plan is real simple. Tell me what you think about what's going on in the economy and how it's affecting your family. In return, I'll randomly give 5 people $100! That's right! None of this nonsense of giving rich people money that will allegedly trickle down to you. I'd rather see the money go directly to you.
How To Get Your Money!
So here's all that is required.
1. You need to have a paypal account already set up so I can pay you. If you don't have one go get one now, its' free to do so. Just visit www.paypal.com
2. You must leave your comment in the comment section below this article. Emailing me your comments won't qualify.
3. When entering your comment, be sure to include your name and email address in the appropriate fields so I can get in contact with you if you're selected.
4. You must be a confirmed subscriber of our blog. If you're not, it's easy and free. Just click here to sign up today.
5. Respect each other's comments. Don't attack each other in the comments below. What makes this country great is because it was built on our differences. Somehow that has been lost over the last few years. So let's respect each other's when writing our comments.
That's pretty much it.
My Bad…
I'd like to apologize to anyone that may find this post offensive because of it's political undertone. I know talking politics is like talking about money. But I just needed to air out my disgust. Hopefully the possibility that you may get a $100 will help make peace.
Shout it out…
Now that you know the rules, what are your thoughts about the bailout plan, the financial crisis and how it's affecting you?
And the Winner is…
The bail out plan is officially over. The people listed below have received $100 each via PAYPAL for sharing their thoughts about our recent financial crisis. For those of you that weren't picked, please keep in mind that in the last few months I've hosted several contests where I have gladly given money away. This will continue and you will have many more chances to get this money. So as long as you stay a subscriber you'll know about them.
I'm a firm believer in sharing the wealth. I already give to charities. But I think it's also very important to directly give back to people in my community (work at home community). My success is because of all of you! Contrary to popular belief, everyone that has been successful DIDN'T do it by themselves! They had help one way or another. And somehow people forget that when they get to the top. I just hope that my act today will serve as a catalyst for others to help each other out in any way
they can and never to forget that IT IS your responsibility to help those around you. If we all followed this human principle, there wouldn't be a financial crisis, world hunger or people without.
In any event, Here are the winners:
So these are our winners. Please feel free to congratulate them using the comment field below. It has been great to be able to vent with each other without the name calling and mud slinging that we've seen in the last few weeks. We don't necessarily all share the same views, color of skin or religion. But it's nice to know we live in a country where we can have our freedom of expression in an intelligent and cordial manner. It's these type of interactions that make me so proud to be part of this great nation of ours despite whatever issues we may have.
Hey thanks for the response… You’ve gave me more than an answer to my questions, you’ve gave me hope and motivation to keep going and never give up in the work from home world..Thank you
That’s great to hear Danny!
Keep a positive attitude and apply the work with it and nothing can stop you!
Eddy
I just found this website today. It has given me insight on online work, and I think I’m ready to take the plunge.
Hi Cherri,
Welcome to our little blog. I hope as you read through our pages, you’ll learn even more.
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Take care. I hope to see more comments from you.
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Eddy
Hello everyone,
I apologize Eddy for my late response. I was very excited and thankful to find out that I was a winner. I normally enter contest and things and don’t ever have the expectation of winning because I never do, LOL. For me, being chosen as a winner was confirmation within my ownself that things are looking up for my family. My husband is still having a hard time finding work BUT with the help of financial aid he has enrolled in school and will start in January. He’s gonna pursue a business degree and who knows maybe we’ll be in business for ourselves someday. And that’s not all. I was recently hired at IBM in the town next to ours and I’ve almost completed my second week of training. So that $100 dollars came in handy, had enough money to keep gas in the car! I’m really proud of my husband, its not easy for him to be the “stay at home” parent but he’s doing a terrific job. Thank you so much Eddy. May you continue to be blessed and be a blessing to others.
Sincerely,
Juanecha
You’re quite welcome Denise, Eleanor and Susan! I’m glad the money will be helpful to you. Hopefully I’ll be able to help many more of you with other contests and by finding legitimate opportunities to post here on this blog.
Lina,
Thanks for the kind words. May you and your family have a wonderful & blessed holiday season as well!
Eddy
A special congratulations to the 5 winners!!!
I wish a wonderful holiday season to each and everyone who took time to post to Eddy’s blog!
God Bless All!
Oh My Lord! Eddy, whenever I came to look at the feed tonight (2 am Dec. 1,) I saw that the contest was over and the winning names were listed. I started tearing up and I hadn’t even clicked on the name Susan yet, I was shaking thats how excited I was! I hesitated because I knew I was not the only Susan who commented I thought hold on it may not be MY name. Then I went to my email and saw the email from Paypal, Ok so the water works were turned on, It means everything to me! This may not seem like a big deal to some but the 100.00 will help for me to purchase some much needed meds. that I was just worrying about and maybe pick up some food. I still have not heard anything about if I was approved the food stamps so our appreciation goes greatly to you… Thanks again Eddy, I will not forget this and will keep your site part of my everyday routine.
Congratulations to all!!!!!
Karma has a way of returning…good or bad…embrace it! and then release…it’ll come back to you!
Eddy, you have a magnanimous spirit….may you and yours have a blessed holiday season!
Eddy, Thank you I am very excited to have been choosen. I can finally get my brakes for my suburban now and hopefully my hubby will install them. Again thanks for your generosity…
Thanks so much for the winnings. It will surely come in handy. You’ve been very kind. Thanks again
Denise
it is true that the economy is not doing well at this time.however the one thing about a struggling economy is that it wont last forever.people are having a hard time now,try to keep faith in god & know that things will get better.you probably noticed that when the stock market went way up so did prices,gas prices caused food & every thing else to go up.when the stock market fell so did gas prices,however prices for food & other things have not fallen as quickly.lets hope the market stays down.
I am above and beyond angry about this bailout package. As someone who has been affected by the economy (both my husband and I lost our jobs), we have lost our home (we purchased on a lease option 2 years ago with 25k down, made out monthly payments, recorded the deed, and the person we bought it from didn’t make the payments to the lender), and we can’t afford to keep food in the fridge for my 4 children. Our government is doing NOTHING to help us!
They are cutting school programs, medical programs, and allowing our states to go under, however they bail out companies such as AIG, Citibank and AMEX. This is unbelievable!
The bailout should go to the infastructure of the US, not the companies whose CEO’s are making thousands of $$ on payroll!
Our senators, congressmen and State Representatives need to feel the effects of this DEPRESSION and not recieve their paychecks! They are not hearing, or are simply ignoring the severity of this situation! Our foodbanks are EMPTY! Still they eat with their families!
They are failing us miserably, failing our children with the right of education, failing our sick and incompacitated by not providing them with medical care, failing our ederly and poor by allowing charities to go under because the people who provided and donated (like me) can no longer afford to donate and now need the services they offer!
I am disgusted and dismayed by how our government has shown no interest in the people, utilizing our taxes to pay their own salaries and the salaries of these bottom feeders who provide no service to me whatsoever!
This needs to end, and our government who has been so out of control needs to be put back into line with what their jobs (that we provide and pay them with)!
Consumer confidence isn’t down, people have no money you morons! Confidence in our government is down, and if they aren’t careful, they will soon have a revolt on their hands.
Put the money back into us, the people they represent, get back to the roots of their jobs and remember they were to protect the people.
We can serve on a jury and decide thee fate of another human being, well, why not create a jury of the PEOPLE to decide where this bailout money is allocated to! They won’t do this because then our voices will be heard, which they dont want to happen!
It is rather unfortunate and I don’t see an end to this in the near future, right now we need to do what we have to in order to survive.
We DO NOT have the support of the government, only each other to depend on, and we can NOT let the government put any more of us under. They need to stand up for the PEOPLE, not the companies that fatten their wallets…..every last one of out government does not deserve to make an income if the state is not. If the state of Nevada goes under, then so should ever Congressman, Senator, Representative, Governor, etc., should not recieve a paycheck. Furthermore, if this continues to escalate thoughout the US, no government position should collect a salary either.
Let them feel what we are feeling, let them scrap the way we have to scrap….perhaps if they feel the pain we do, then they will understand and do what is right!
God Bless everyone….since that seems to be all we have left….
Hi, this is my first post since I subscribed. I really take pleasure in knowing this means more than a casual comment of the day or just a post to one of the many socials site’s bulletins!
I subscribed late last night and was amazed, when I started reading through the feed, that so many of the same SCAMS, RIP-OFFS and SCHEMES, are ones I have been dealing with for the past couple years since I lost my job in 2006 and have problems getting and keeping a job, I started searching through the work from home programs, ideas, offers and even some promises. Just to run into at least 5 of those listed and discussed in this feed.
Wish I had found this years ago!!
I, a single mother of 3, have worked throughout my children’s growing years, a total of 24, without any help from their “deadbeat” father, well at least until 1999 when his “new” wife cautioned him he’d better face his responsibilities and pay up! Now before this I had injured my back in 1989, so bad, I had to be put in traction and admitted to the hospital for 9 days before the Doctor decided to operate. Thankfully during that time, my Husband was enlisted in the Navy so the medical cost were well taken care of. My 2nd back surgery was in Dec. 95 (ironically enough Jan 96 rang in a Divorce along with the New Year as well) and the 3rd, yes third, surgery was just over 6 months later early July of 96. Now mind you between my 1st and quite a bit past my last surgery, from “89” to “99”, I worked when and if I could all the while dealing with my limitations.
I did have a supplemental income through Cash Assistance, and if I remember correctly the highest I ever received was about $605.00 per month, (to take care of my 3 boys, myself, the housing cost, bills and any non food items we may need) Medical, Food Stamps and the local WIC programs but because of the child support I received, when and if I received it, was never over $400.00 in any given month, all my assistance, except for the medical, was then adjusted to just over the poverty levels. They considered my income of under 14 thousand a year too much to receive assistance at a full benefit grant! Looking back I wish I making that now.
I never liked having to live like that, the looks I would get ,the comments I would overhear from other customers it was like I just walked in from out of dark alley, whenever they would see the paper food stamps. Even the cashiers had attitudes at times and seemed to get aggravated whenever I would pull out those familiar food stamp booklets because the poor things had to count them out!
After the switch to the EBT (electronic funds transfer) which automated the whole process by the use of the debit card in place of the paper in 2000, which was designed primarily to distribute benefits to the recipients more easily and it also made the whole shopping process a smoother transaction. That was ok for awhile until everyone knew what these cards looked like then it all started again. I would shop at odd hours so know one would see me. I felt so low, like I was no good! Like they probably thought I just wanted to live off everyone else.
I did not enjoy living with nothing and certainly taking a hand out instead of working was not something I preferred to do. I did work as much as I could but 1 of 2 things always happened, my health would cause me to lose my jobs or my daycare was to unreliable and I had know one to watch my kids. I didn’t have one of those families that helped with the babysitting or even lending me money if it was needed. (and that was the last thing I would ever ask of them anyhow) My Mom passed years prior and my Dad live in a whole other state and he needed to be on Disability so he could not be of help either. So my boys grew up without that kid spoiling a grand parent we all see on TV shows.
Throughout these times I fought the economy tooth and nail and tried holding onto a job that did not pay enough to stock my freezer never mind fill up my car’s gas tank (when I had a car) The last time I worked was July 2006. I was let go due to Company downgrades I guess. I ended up having to apply for Disability (which is a whole other subject in itself) due to the accumulation and deterioration of my mental and physical health and have been LITERALLY living on $200.00 – $250.00 a month for myself and 1 son still at home. Oh and that comes from the deadbeat Father. I mentioned earlier, the system allows him to make an easy $1600.00 a week while the judgment for back owed child support, for his 2 sons, who are now fathers too, the order was placed at $50.00 dollars a week. UUG! Do I think this Economy and Government is messed up? I sure do! Has it affected me and mine in a negative way? Let me explain it this way. Every time my son and I have to face nearly empty cabinets, a totally empty freezer, (besides ice cubes) and a refrigerator with maybe milk,a jug of water and a few, probably too old to eat anyway, left-overs. It really hurts! When I have to let my electric bill lag or be late on my already lowered housing payment because I had to chose to pay for my heart medication that week , I get scared! Or maybe when we walk to the store because I cant afford to even own a car and our feet are soaked by the time we get back to the apartment because of the holes in our shoes.
It’s a wonder In not in a loony bin by now, maybe when I get one of those looks from someone seeing me going into the neighboring Salvation Army Thrift Store because I can’t even afford to shop for my cloths at Wal Mart I could hold my head up, because I definitely think this has strengthened my perception of things, heightened my awareness at least of the need to be frugal and yet still be honest! There are those who could not handle seeing how I live and would rather take the easier way out ignore the problems at hand then figure out a solution for the situations like mine and others like me.
Hey John,
Those CEO’s didn’t make bad decisions, they pocketed $millions$ in bonuses for what they did. The fat gubburment cats have to bail them out to save “themselves” from falling with the rest of america.
The big 3 auto makers don’t deserve a bailout. They have been cheating us for years by NOT increasing fuel mileage. Yes cheating us. I had a 1984 that still to this day has a higher MPG rating than most anything.
Wooooo 32 mpg highway, Wow! Try 40 MPG up hill anywhere, anytime. And the auto makers are still trying to wow us with 32mpg. BULL$*%&.
Yeah sure they employ lots of people, but those people are helping cheat all of US.
What a great way to voice what was is going on with the average person today. I worked for many years before I had my child and my husband has been in real estate for 27 years. We cannot believe how bad the real estate market is!! We have rental properties that are valued lower now than when we purchased them 10 years ago. So sad to see all the hard work just diminish!! I can’t imagine having money in the stock market right now. Any repairs or maintenance we have done on our properties are pretty much lost because the values have dropped so much. The banks aren’t going to help any body with their current mortgages unless they are 3-4 months behind in payments. That just seems crazy to me. Why not help now with lower interest rates or rewrite with better terms so you don’t get in the position of being behind in the first place! That is what is going to happen to us with our properties. Banks won’t even consider helping eventhough they received all this money until your credit is ruined and you have nothing left. Very sad and frustrating!
Thanks for your time
Cathy