You Think What?

Nearly two years ago we told you how  the once venerated Goldman Sachs Group, a full-service global investment banking and securities firm, is comprised of a bunch of piggies…greedy, smack-talking piggies.  We even told you how their behavior reminds us of the Beatles’ tune, penned by the late George Harrison, about greedy little piggies.

Earlier this month, Greg Smith, in his role as New York Times Op-Ed contributor, very publicly announced to the world, and his employer, Goldman Sachs,  he is leaving and his reasons why. We took to the article, authored by a financial insider, as confirmation of what we knew to be true and published in 2010. (more…)

In the current issue of Rolling Stone Magazine, writer Matt Taibbi has contributed a very strong investigative piece on everyone’s favorite banking institution Bank Of America. The article is
“Bank Of America: Too Crooked To Fail“.  Around here we affectionately refer to the bankster company as “Bank Of The UNIVERSE”,  for obvious reasons.

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

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As the movement to demonstrate utter dissatisfaction with the behavior and lack of response to the publics’ demands grows around the world we’ve found an Occupy Wall Street survey.

We suggest you take time to complete the survey found here. When you do you’ll be able to see the issues most important to those who are protesting in cities across this nation as well as to those who support their actions.

BTW… in light of the continuing and escalating violence on behalf of those who have the most to lose from the success of the protests on Wall Street, in New York City, Washington, D.C. along with big and small towns around the United States, we suggest the organizers of Occupy Wall Street demonstrations plan a day of national strike. Implementation of the idea is past overdue…so how about it? A day where everyone who works stays home…a day when everyone who shops makes no purchases; or everyone who uses transportation, personal or public, stays home. No banking, no school, no emergency medical services, no utility services. Everyone stay home, on the same day for one day. We guarantee someone among the so-called movers and shakers will be paying attention.

Be sensible…stay warm this winter, do not put your physical body in harm’s way…stay home to protest against the banksters, and the corporate scions.

Today, Friday, July 22, 2011, is the last day for Public Comment on the proposed changes to the federal regs for owner financing rules….rules that will change your ability to enjoy real estate ownership in the United States.

Read here the highlights of the proposed regulations under Regualtion “Z”. (more…)

The United States Congress is looking to tighten regulations on owner financing. THE DEADLINE TO COMMENT IS TODAY, FRIDAY, July 22, 2011,  Congress will be making it difficult or impossible for property owners to collect their equity over time. This is certainly an investor issue; it is also a property rights issue, affecting all property owners. The freedom to sell on terms agreeable to a seller and buyer is a fundamental freedom affecting real estate value.

Today is the deadline for comments on this subject! You are encouragaed to voice your concerns over this issue of freedom being threatened to be taken away from all Americans. Go here to make and submit your comment.

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There’s just no stopping the reprehensible rip-off artists, the predators in government and banking.  The beat goes on, and John and Jane Q. Public are on the receiving end of the beat down. (more…)

Three months ago, under the guidance of Demetricia Patterson, Consignment Furniture Etc. opened its doors with its mission to provide one half of the profits toward funding a foundation which gives drug assistance to senior citizens.

Demetricia Patterson is the owner of the consignment store and the creator of the Demetricia C. Patterson Foundation, a non-profit drug assistance program for people age fifty plus.

Ms Patterson says she established the foundation because she has witnessed  people in her community who must choose between purchasing necessary medication or buying food. (more…)

From the back room of YouThinkWhat, the newly created banking  and financial writers’ department has come up with an idea that we believe will suit all us regular John Q. and Jane Q. Public consumers.

This idea has been a long time coming, but we believe the time is now to implement this policy for banking institutions who require our money to stay afloat.

It’s time consumers exercised the Golden Rule toward the bankers in order to trump the *Rusty Rule. That’s the rule that has been used against us as we go barreling toward the financial brick wall.

NSF charges for banks…just like us they will owe forever…banks are ruthless about NSF penalties…in your face about how you should know better…well they should know better!

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In our continuing effort to take every opportunity presented to hammer away at the banking industry the staff of YouThinkWhat will now suggest they way we see this whole banking debacle….or is that boondoggle (??)

After we seeing the reports of the amazing profits made by the likes of major surviving banking institutions Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup and, our very special favorite, Bank of America we wondered why the banks have not used the same enchanting number manipulation on the mortgage, credit card or checking accounts of John and Jane Q. Public. (more…)

Even before this massive economic fuster cluck became evident to the masses we were writing complaints about the system and well known banking companies like Skank of America.

The following is another in a continuing series to educate and inform visitors to this site-consumers,  about the banking/financial industry especially in America.

Today we are pleased to present Scott Bateman a political cartoonist of renown. We’re fans of Scott. We hope you will be joining us as we follow his political cartoons.

Here now Scott Bateman provides answers to a 1947 film that promotes the idea that all of us should be to going to the bank.