What she knew was that she could no longer manage even the monthly payments on her roughly $23,000 in credit card debt. (NYT, 6/19/10)
In an article this morning, the New York Times has identified a new class of victims: those who are being ripped off by debt relief companies. Like this poor woman, whose credit card debt somehow magically ballooned. This is a win-win-win for liberal politicians. They will get to 1) bail out these people (with our tax dollars) who will then vote to keep them in office, 2) vilify business, and 3) create a new pool of clients for their trial lawyer constituency.
When the suspect in the Times Square bombing plot appeared in a packed courtroom last month, the government’s table was full: three prosecutors and an F.B.I. agent sat side by side. At the defense table, the suspect, Faisal Shahzad, sat next to a single federal public defender, Julia L. Gatto. They seemed badly outnumbered.
(NYT,6/19/10)
Poor Faisal Shahzad! First his bomb doesn’t go off and then he gets only one lawyer. Another victim!
The panel announced by Israel to investigate the deadly assault on a flotilla seeking to run the Gaza blockade lacks adequate international weight to make the panel credible, the United Nations secretary general said Friday. (NYT, 6/19/10)
And then there are the poor “activists” who were killed when they assaulted Israeli troops with knives and lead pipes. Victims as well!
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