While traveling to Chicago this weekend, I came across this advertisement on the train. I imagine you cannot read it because I took the photo with my iPhone. So, I will type it for you and you can learn how to become financially free!
DebtStoppers – Because I Deserve Financial Freedom!
DebtStoppers eliminates: Foreclosure, IRS Debt, Credit Cards, Parking Tickets, Garnishment, PayDay Loans
Then in VERY tiny writing it said this: The offices of Robert Semrad and Associates. A debt relief agency helping people find financial freedom through bankruptcy.
BANKRUPTCY! Are you kidding me? Since when do we think financial freedom comes from bankruptcy?
Your Reactions to this Advertisement?
Sounds great! I think that is the best way to get financially free! (In very small print – what a lame idea – it’s just another way to someone to prey on financially troubled people to make money themselves.)
“Since when do we think financial freedom comes from bankruptcy?”
*We* may know better, but plenty of contributions to the financial freedom of those involved in the bankruptcy system come from those who would consider that sign valid. I wonder how someone who qualifies for bankruptcy justifies lining the pockets of the lawyer and the system.
@Yana – You are right. I don’t think “we” was the right word to use there.
I don’t think my comments are suitable for printing on this site
Companies like that who prey on people who are struggling to make ends meet need to be shut down. I’m not saying bankruptcy is evil – but it should be kept as a last resort, not touted as some amazing cure-all!
@Jason – You’re right, it isn’t a cure-all. If your problems are parking tickets and payday loans, you do not need to file bankruptcy. You just need to make some tough decisions and buckle down. They just make bankruptcy seem so easy. Almost like everyone is doing it.
The world is full of such empty promises, isn’t it?
This is how some people will just blindly follow.
The problem is because people don’t bother asking questions, they are afraid to look “stupid”