tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33184109024205150932012-02-16T19:24:38.218-08:00Wall Street ChangeWall Street Change offers simple, logical answers to tough<br>economic problems that appear to have been caused by Wall Street. <br> Every one of Alessandro Machi's blog articles appears on Wall Street Change.<br>Alessandro's other blogs also feature blog article updates from other bloggers.Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.comBlogger1131100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-46712617399354430052012-02-09T20:32:00.000-08:002012-02-09T20:32:07.952-08:00Why Millions won't get help from Home Foreclosure Settlement.
Propublica is reporting that millions won't get help from the just signed Home Foreclosure Agreement. Should I be surprised? Should you be surprised? It's typical rope a dope from Barack Obama.
Yet republican politicians are too dense to actually be kinder and gentler towards the american people when it means going against their banker and wall street buddies, even though bankers and wall Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-76706190272513845492012-01-26T18:18:00.000-08:002012-01-26T18:33:31.345-08:00Beware Awesome Penny Stocks, (as seen on Yahoo front page).
As Reported here on WallStreetChange in our previous story, Yahoo appears to be embracing inaccurate stories and is now allowing companies to advertise on their main page that may be violating investment laws.
I saw an ad for Awesome Penny Stocks on Yahoo's front page in early January and figured that Yahoo would not allow companies of questionable business practices to advertise on their Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-37884594108086284812012-01-05T22:59:00.000-08:002012-01-09T19:22:05.963-08:00Yahoo headlines are getting out of control, Elin Nordegren and bulky high school basketball player are the victims of poor investigating by Yahoo.
(Edit update: Monday, Jan 09, 2012, 7:22 PM, Yahoo reveals the reasons why Elin Nordegren had the house razed, sure seems like my article was pretty much spot on.)
Yahoo seems to be sensationalizing their headlines to such an extent they are able to create both rich monsters, and high school monsters within their stories that are universally hated by anyone who reads the articles.
The two Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-1230522731787014312011-12-10T22:45:00.001-08:002011-12-30T13:31:39.152-08:00Barack Obama, his administration, and the republicans are NOT INTERESTED in helping homeowners, just ask Congressperson Dennis Cardoza.
Cannonfire mentions Dennis Cardoza as a retiring California politician trying to get underwater homes mortgages be extended to 40 years. The White House apparently was not interested.
I would suggest something more specific, 40 years at 4 percent, credit card interest rates reduced to 2.9% as long as the debtor agrees to PAY DOWN their overall credit card debt every month.
Yes, it's Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-32106093190745454742011-11-13T19:23:00.001-08:002011-11-13T19:47:29.123-08:00CBS Sixty Minutes Exposes Congressional Investing Hypocrisy, aka Congressional Insider Trading and loving every minute of it.
If you don't think Occupy Protestors have a legitimate beef, PLEASE WATCH THIS SIXTY MINUTES EXPOSE' on our high ranking political officials who invest and purchase shares of IPO's and can legally invest in stocks at any time, even when they are shaping legislation or that legislation is about to be voted into law. In some instances these coincidences can result in the significant increase Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-72985598918454415932011-11-11T13:08:00.001-08:002011-11-11T13:27:31.805-08:00Consolidating the Occupy Movement motives into a solid, concrete mission.
Many Occupiers have different ideas about what needs to be done so the odds of implementing all of these ideas are small, the odds all of these ideas canceling each other out are high.
I’ve researched banking, wall street and credit card companies for the past fives years and written a total of 2 websites and 10 bank watchdog blogs, all without any external funding so I am beholden to Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-42646996714177756012011-10-09T16:52:00.000-07:002011-10-20T18:34:26.161-07:00Restructuring a Debt Should not first require a Default.
Bankers have a simple rule they follow, The restructuring of any debt first requires a Default.
People can encounter any number of life changing situations, such as a medical emergency, caretaking for a family member, job loss beyond their control, victim of a violent crime, and this life changing event can require the renegotiation of a pre-existing debt.
However the banks won't talk Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-66851880556502123272011-10-02T14:21:00.000-07:002011-10-05T19:49:33.986-07:00Occupy Wall Street spreads around the country.
I don't have much to add about the occupying protestors. People are occupying city halls around the country. My main contribution is what I believe to be identifying the root cause of why people are protesting.
Banks label anybody a defaulter if they need a debt restructured.
This defaulting definition needs to change. Restructuring a debt IS NOT a default. Until the rule regarding Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-30767980205544048962011-09-19T17:37:00.000-07:002011-09-19T17:37:33.840-07:00Rooting out public funding waste such as fake invoicing from Detroit Public Schools Risk Management Department.
Wow, how many more Hobbs act violations are out there that involve the fraudulent re spending of government funds? I bet if all the fraud and waste were found, there would be no need for Barack Obama's additional funding of public schools with more tax money.
One of the biggest offenders of tax money waste in my opinion are those who receive taxpayer funds and are under pressure to spend Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-28470312763630442852011-06-14T21:41:00.000-07:002011-09-01T16:49:07.853-07:00The sky is falling cries, over excessive consumer debt, conveniently leaves out the real truth.Consumer debt is only relevant if banks insist on cramming high interest rates down the consumers throat no matter what. I am becoming very concerned that many of the alleged independent bloggers that portray themselves as outside of government influence are the biggest whores and hacks of all.
These alleged economic intellects NEVER mention that most debt issues can be resolved if the interest Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-33952210132360692962011-05-01T22:50:00.001-07:002011-05-03T00:42:34.586-07:00It is wrong to taunt (celebrate) the death of Osama Bin Laden by assembling at the WTC location and the White House Grounds.All things considered, it would have been amazing to actually capture Osama Bin Laden, and not kill him. In football, when the team that scores a touchdown over celebrates, or the runner with the ball is about to score a touchdown and taunts the opposition just before they reach the end zone, a penalty is assessed on the next play.I think it's wrong to taunt or celebrate the death of a politicalAlessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-68728492413467278842011-04-28T23:04:00.001-07:002011-04-28T23:14:33.048-07:00Why are the U.S. Tornados, the deadliest in decades, less important than the Royal Wedding in England?What is wrong with the media? There should be cameras swarming all over the states that have been devastated by dozens of killer tornados. There should be hours and hours and hours of coverage. Channels that regularly show crap reality tv shows, like MTV and VH1, should find the time to run programming about the tornados.Is the media really this clueless, self indulgent, narcissistic to have Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-17806023417363582182011-04-09T00:45:00.000-07:002011-04-09T00:54:31.149-07:00Steve Dilbeck Warned Dodgers about Dodger Stadium and unruly fans back on May 08, 2005 and then again on February 15, 2011May 08, 2005, DODGER STADIUM BECOMING SCARY PLACE THESE DAYS. By Steve Dilbeck.Then not to be outdone, Steve Dilbeck WRITES ANOTHER WARNING piece about Dodger Stadium and Dilbeck actually pinpoints the need to stop violence against SF Giants fans and he wrote it on February 15, 2011.Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-77389171434775162822011-03-31T08:24:00.000-07:002011-03-31T08:29:14.737-07:00Pop Goes the Weasel, Google developing a face recognition APP that will divulge EVERYTHING about you.He ain't Heavy, he's my Google Big Brother.....Remember when the big worry was a tattoo on your forehead identifying who you were, or an implanted chip, well, those days are gone and now we'll just take picture of your FACE, and let the world know everything about you.Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-45251404290381461082011-03-27T21:22:00.000-07:002011-03-27T21:25:08.596-07:00A 60 Minutes Tear Jerker, Global Medical Relief's Mission.Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-79589606291119187842011-03-12T23:45:00.000-08:002011-03-12T23:47:54.879-08:00Is there a correlation between Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions?Just a couple of days before the 8.8 offshore Japan Earthquake, Hawaii was experiencing significant volcanic activity. Right around the time of the 2011 8.8 Japan Earthquake, Three volcanoes were active. Click here to read more.Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-53821774546061309142011-03-01T14:39:00.000-08:002011-03-01T14:45:02.607-08:00The biggest problem with Collective Bargaining is there is more than one Collective, and they base their raise on what other Collectives get.No need to read my short article about collective bargaining, the headline says it all. Basically, by bargaining with several different unions, various collectives are able to work off of each other to extract bigger and bigger contracts. If there was only one collective, and perhaps just one across the board raise for everybody, collective bargaining could work.It amazes me how the real grain Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-45146381660044728512011-02-27T20:08:00.000-08:002011-02-27T20:18:31.733-08:00"Please Support Inside Job", I posted that message as a Graphic and Link on ten of my blogs since October 15, 2010.If you google the phrase "Please Support Inside Job" as a graphic and as a link, you would find that I had posted a free advertisement for Inside Job since October 15, 2010 on ten of my blogs. If you googled the phrase "Please Support Inside Job" on the web, you would see pages of my blogs at the top of google that not only listed the graphic but also gave a link to where the movie could be Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-68257708992783582292011-01-19T14:47:00.001-08:002011-01-19T14:57:40.269-08:00If the United States Declared Solar and Wind Energy as Rogue Terrorists, I bet we'd find enough to supply all of our energy needs.Is it a good thing when the headline of an article completely explains the content of the article that is to be written?Imagine thousands of U.S. Military men with telescopic mounts on top of surveyor gear combing the U.S. countryside looking for enemy wind and solar energy terrorist cells. Does anyone doubt that our military could find enough of these wind and solar energy terrorist cells Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-65501863868326410472011-01-11T16:18:00.001-08:002011-02-18T02:25:58.394-08:00Federal Hobbs Act Violations Challenged by Several Defendants who were Candidates Only."Edit Update: Feb. 18, 2011) Judges throw out Hobbs Act Violation. How is this fair to the other politicians running for office? If a politician is anyone who runs for office, then it should not matter whether they actually win or not, no?--------------------------------------------------------------Pa. fed appeals court hears NJ corruption claims.The Federal Hobbs Act case being tried by federalAlessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-43362135338266442562011-01-10T16:14:00.001-08:002011-10-20T18:29:23.794-07:00Dance of the Digital Dominators, aka Wall Street can't create anything, Wall Street just combines things and takes money off the top.
The four headed monster comprised of the Internet, the advance of digital media technology, satellites, and Wall Street, at first helped caused an economic expansion. Now, this four headed monster demands to be fed, and main street is the happy meal it seeks out.
Wall Street no longer creates anything, they simply recombine something that already exists, and they appear to take the biggest Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-50776340482280659332011-01-01T02:57:00.000-08:002011-01-06T12:48:32.397-08:00The most Hurtful Anti American Words I ever heard were meant as a back handed compliment by a Canadian Tourist at a 2011 New Years Eve Celebration.The most hurtful anti american words I ever heard spoken were actually meant as a backhanded compliment by a Canadian Tourist enjoying herself at a 2011 New Years Eve Celebration.I was at home for news year eve when I heard the comment made on television. I don't even recall what channel I was watching, it might have been Fox, it might have been KCBS, it might have been KABC, when my jaw dropped Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-1058532549098440522010-12-28T15:43:00.000-08:002010-12-31T09:08:06.131-08:00Oil, the rising economy sinker. When the economy is bad, oil is priced lower, when the economy starts to heat up, oil prices go up.Oil prices generally go lower when the economy goes bad. Oil prices seem to increase at the first sign of any economic activity, thus squashing any real economic momentum. Even if the economy is able to survive higher oil prices, some of the additional oil profits that are created from higher oil prices may be being used to simply seed the worlds stock markets to artifical highs, before they Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-60438360742188431162010-12-26T21:59:00.000-08:002011-01-17T11:10:49.693-08:00Undercover Boss GSI Commerce Michael Rubin inadvertently exposes why the economy is in the tank and may never get better.I was watching 60 minutes and the diminishing water supply in Kenya that may mean the end of the annual wildebeast run. Right after 60 minutes came Undercover Boss, and suddenly I saw why there are so many out of work people and why they may never find work. The hour long Undercover Boss episode featured Michael Rubin, who runs GSI Commerce and his interaction with several of his own workers Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-90712353756028627172010-12-24T22:54:00.000-08:002010-12-24T23:06:50.407-08:00A powerful indictment of the entire Wall Street Banking System and the Foreclosure Meltdown by L. Randall Wray of Benzinga dot com.L. Randall Wray ties all of the banking malfeasance from the past decade together in one column on Benzinga dot com. Click here to read the indictment. Hat Tip to Market Ticker and Swarm the Banks.Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-31240711179635951152010-12-13T00:26:00.000-08:002010-12-13T00:34:54.480-08:00The Internet has changed capitalism forever, unfortunately the rich elite just don't get it and we're all going to pay a huge price because of it.Securitization in the foreclosure industry is what happens when there is too much money on top of the economic ponzie scheme and not enough investment opportunities to go around.Until interest rate dividends are inverted, and the poorest receive the highest rate of return on their savings, and the richest receive the smallest rate of return on their savings, we are doomed.The internet has createdAlessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-23258484135505502872010-12-02T16:06:00.000-08:002010-12-02T16:23:00.304-08:00Is the U.S. Government Throwing a "Screen Pass" to deceive us with their ill Conceived Government Home Foreclosure Programs such as HAMP and EHLP?Is the Federal Government Throwing a "Screen Pass" to deceive us with their ill Conceived Government Home Foreclosure Programs such as HAMP and EHLP?Do you know how a screen pass works in football? The quarterback drops back to pass and the offensive linemen pretend to not let the defensive lineman rush past.The defensive lineman gleefully rush in thinking they have outsmarted the offensive Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-40689973106467952182010-11-26T01:39:00.000-08:002010-11-30T12:45:18.601-08:00Credit card debt old school elitist advocate whores are destroying the world economy.Lets face it, there are credit card debt old school elitist advocate whores who are ruining the planet. Credit Card debt old school elitist advocate whores are just as bad as those who enticed and addicted Asians to smoking cigarettes.Because of digital technology and built up infrastructure, the world economy has expanded to the point where the less debt there is, the more agile the world and Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-69284924643666477372010-11-24T12:09:00.000-08:002010-11-24T12:55:49.003-08:00Splitting the Stock Market into Digital Products and Hardware Products would help stabilize the stock market.A few years back I noticed that stock market analysts were big on digital software technologies, and down on hardware based technologies. The simplistic and opportunistic reason for this profit based bent was that digital software products can be easily replicated, and can be periodically upgraded as well. Whereas investor analysts saw a well made hardware product in many instances as a one time Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-91965677570666068482010-11-20T04:18:00.000-08:002010-11-20T04:28:06.427-08:00Chinese build 15 story building in 6 days.Thanks to Mish for doing an blog article about the building above.I noticed in the beginning of the video that they are using pre-fabricated components. In essence, this is lego construction come to life. So, hopefully, many of the jobs that are lost on site, are actually preserved in the pre-fabrication process. If however, the pre-fabricated process does not produce that many well paying jobs, Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-54190727597733441682010-11-14T13:54:00.000-08:002010-11-14T14:07:33.226-08:00Unknown tribe found in Peru.A couple of things about the newly discovered Tribe that was found in Peru. The first thing about this story is it comes from AlJazeera-English. The second is the story does not spend that much time on the tribe itself, but instead spends most of the time on how capitalism is encroaching on their living space.I have questions about the visuals that were shown. How does the tribe keep all of theirAlessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-5306697354456748992010-11-03T16:21:00.000-07:002011-10-19T20:03:38.101-07:00A 2010, after the election, 4 Point Economic Plan that requires no bailout!
Here is a four point plan to reverse the economic downturn in America.
1. Reduce the interest rate on deposits of the billionaires, while increasing the interest rates on savings for those with minimal savings.
In essence an interest rate savings reverse structure, those with less wealth get a higher rate of return on their deposits than those with more wealth. We are presently in an Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-23848095132466185432010-10-28T23:15:00.000-07:002011-01-16T20:41:43.308-08:00Target Store tries to give away the bottom of the muffin for free, and I'm fighting back.When I first saw the Seinfeld episode about "Top of the Muffin to you", I took the side of Elaine when the social worker from across the street did not want her free muffin stumps. In retrospect, and after recently attempting to deal with Target Store over their free muffin stump offers, I now side with the social worker.Target Store has a promotional coupon that they give out almost monthly to Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-15238035789172362632010-10-21T20:15:00.000-07:002010-10-21T20:17:26.283-07:00''Karl Denninger, Tea Party Founder Blasts Palin & Gingrich'' - Auburn Journal''Karl Denninger, Tea Party Founder Blasts Palin & Gingrich'' - Auburn JournalIf you are planning on creating or broadcasting a commercial and want an objective, outsiders point of view about your commercial, contact Alessandro Machi about his consulting services at...info at alexlogic.comYou can also view more commercial critiques by Alessandro Machi at Super Bowl ConsultingAlessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-44273320377485946112010-10-11T15:46:00.000-07:002010-10-11T15:53:33.143-07:00Ralph Nader starts a new blog called Fair Contracts dot org.Ralph Nader has done it again. Fair Contracts dot org is a new website designed to put a spotlight on contracts and the fine print that deceives the honest consumer from knowing what is going on.What trick that I have been witness/victim of was a salesperson who would hand write into a boilerplate contract additional items, never mentioning that the things they were writing in are actually Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-89278567163146852122010-09-16T14:49:00.000-07:002011-08-26T02:29:59.607-07:00Natural Conspiracies separate the conspiracy theorists from those who think they are nuts.It dawned on me the other day that the reason very few conspiracy theories ever get taken seriously is that most real conspiracies occur "naturally". An example of a natural conspiracy is the 2008 democratic presidential nominee race.
Natural conspiracies can happen when governments know something bad is going to happen, but decide to let it happen anyways because it will be easier to get their Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-72925702761102748442010-08-24T12:47:00.000-07:002010-08-26T23:53:25.362-07:00Are Cities being two-faced when they buy things online instead of from local businesses that pay property, business, and local taxes plus licenses.I believe the disconnect between city budget deficits and the local businesses who are being newly taxed by local governments has now reached epic proportions, specifically because of the internet. I recall hearing that the city of Los Angeles processes its parking and motor vehicle violation tickets through a firm that works out of Mexico.But what about all the city offices that order their Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-7258130060647186722010-05-25T02:22:00.000-07:002010-08-25T21:09:05.678-07:00The Gulf Oil Spill and the nervous number crunchers who caused it, something does not add up, and Everybody Loves Raymond shows us why.Scene from Everybody Loves Raymond. If you click on this link, you will need to go exactly to the 9 minute mark to understand how this relates to the Gulf Oil Spill.The video clip link up above from Everybody Loves Raymond is meant to show how questionable the British Petroleum methodology appears to have been once an emergency situation arose. Once you click on the link you will need to go to Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-61466416334702182752010-05-15T12:25:00.001-07:002010-05-21T00:14:27.480-07:00All Aboard the X-Train to Vegas.Edit update (Friday, May 21, 2010) Andy Rooney makes a powerful case for the gambling industry offering nothing to help our economy. Good one Andy! -------------Start of Article-----------------Alan Mendelson of Alan's Best Buys has done it again as he reports on a new train venture that will travel between Los Angeles and Las Vegas.The X-Train sounds interesting. It is kind of ironic that Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-3858787767133873552010-04-25T13:09:00.000-07:002010-11-29T23:32:59.198-08:00Sandwich Board Man gets a Job after 99 Weeks of walking the streets wearing a sandwich board while seeking employment.If we had a 99 week timeline of all of Sandwich Board Man's efforts to find a job by wearing a sandwich board in public, we would probably discover that literally tens of millions of people knew who Sandwhich Board Man was. We would probably find out that Sandwich Board Man was probably being interviewed for a television or radio show, or for a news story at least once every week. Some may Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-78861791794749973162010-04-23T11:53:00.000-07:002010-04-24T01:03:25.824-07:00RAISE MY TAXES scream protestors! Probably because that tax increase will go towards paying THEIR wages!RAISE MY TAXES! Click here to learn more. For the uninitiated, that is not my position, just repeating what the "protestors" were chanting. I heard about this on the Rush Limbaugh show. Although I am not a Rush Limbaugh supporter per se, he definitely comes up with very important information.Oh what the democratic party has been reduced to when they choose to throw Hillary Clinton to the curb Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-63096980423923101142010-04-19T01:38:00.000-07:002010-04-19T01:40:44.108-07:00Another blog advocates moving your money to a local bank.More and more blogs and bloggers are advocating moving your money to a local bank. Click here to learn more at Get Rich Slowly dot org.Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-80683877004823082772010-04-16T10:43:00.000-07:002010-04-16T10:58:34.587-07:00Man intentionally vomits on a father and daughter at a Phillies game and is arrested, should have been tasered as well.Stories like this just make you shake your head. Not just what this person did at the ballgame by intentionally vomiting on a man and his daughter at a Phillies game, but what about the other days of the week.What does this kind of an idiot do when they aren't vomiting on a man and his daughter at a Phillies game. By the way, spitting on a person is considered assault, so I would presume vomitingAlessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-84419629631081668202010-03-24T02:54:00.001-07:002010-03-24T03:40:20.017-07:00Blaming College Education for our economic woes. Part II. 10,000 Dirty Shirts, a short Current TV film about cleaning other people's clothes in India.If you read Blaming College Education for our economic woes, part I, welcome to part II.I just saw the video, "10,000 dirty shirts" on Current TV and it basically helps to explain the irony of a world that believes that a college education is the way out of a life of slave labor.Education may be a way out of a life of slave labor in Mumbai, India, but every college educated person REQUIRES that Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-52008179974583369262010-03-08T09:30:00.000-08:002010-04-07T20:56:04.747-07:00Why is Iran in favor of Nuclear Energy vs Solar Energy anyways?I'm finding a disturbing trend. Regions of the world that could support Solar Energy have instead opted for Nuclear Energy. Whether it is Arizona in the United States, or Iran in the middle east, both regions seem to prefer nuclear over solar.On the surface, it appears that both Arizona and Iran have opted for nuclear power because they have vast areas of land to bury the waste that are dry and Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-30748011637754264402010-02-23T20:04:00.000-08:002010-02-26T23:47:13.797-08:00I think this youtube guy, Philip DeFranco, aka sxephil is funny.Philip DeFranco is funny in the opposite way that Keith Olbermann makes me gnash my teeth. Philip DeFranco actually got the youtube name sxephil ???Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-34857886840078569652010-02-13T19:22:00.000-08:002010-02-18T08:16:52.063-08:00Blaming College Education for our economic woes. Part II'm gonna say the unthinkable. College educations are ruining the world's economies.How can educating people ruin the world's economies?The problem is, once educated, educated people need non-educated people working below them to sustain their own job. Think of education as an iceberg. For every part floating above water, also known as the "educated part", there is another 90% below water Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-31508614422434244152010-02-11T00:32:00.000-08:002011-03-04T20:55:23.277-08:00The 1.00 a gallon gasoline tax the entire country is paying without realizing it.Some may argue that there is no correlation between the price of gasoline and credit card interest rate charges. However, when the price of gasoline crept up from 3.00 dollars a gallon to 4.00 dollars a gallon, economists began explaining how this rise in the cost of gasoline would adversely effect the economy.What if I told you the entire country has been paying a secret one dollar per gallon Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-46656835142200360372010-02-02T20:13:00.003-08:002010-02-03T17:41:07.215-08:00The Problem With America's Debt - Glenn Beck - FOXNews.com - Glenn Beck claims debt with Chase Bank is "better" than debt with China, gasp.The Problem With America's Debt - Glenn Beck - FOXNews.comPosted using ShareThisGlenn Beck does not understand the real damage that consumer debt is creating. He thinks we would be "better off" owing Chase Bank rather than China. This is just nuts. We would be better off incentivizing the consumer credit card debt by removing the interest rate charges for any consumer who is committed to Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-77380515671224356452010-01-28T12:47:00.001-08:002010-01-28T12:53:11.717-08:00Mark Fiore presents the 2010 State of the Union Address We would have liked to have seen.Click here to see the Mark Fiore Cartoon Animation regarding the 2010 State of the Union Address we would have liked to have seen.Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-34530792099356849592010-01-27T20:12:00.000-08:002010-02-18T13:36:20.214-08:00Barack Obama to fix small business by offering a 30 billion dollar stimulus package, better solutions exist.Consumer Credit Card debt costs americans 15 billion dollars a month. So when Barack Obama talks about a 30 billion dollar credit stimulus program for small business , I somewhat chuckle.It would be far better to simply incentivize the reduction of consumer credit card debt. Offer super low interest rates on existing credit card debt to anybody who can pay down their debt. This would instantly Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-1317711062537824602009-12-30T01:33:00.001-08:002011-01-16T20:33:29.216-08:00Global Warming, Top O the Muffin, Muffin Stumps, and how a Show about Nothing is actually about Everything.I believe that Seinfeld, the show about nothing, covered the issue of global warming in what may be one of the all time classic Seinfeld episodes called "Top o the Muffin". "Top o the Muffin" gets to the heart of what is wrong with the way we conduct a capitalistic economy. Top o the Muffin was not about Global Warming specifically, but the entire story structure of what happens when Elaine Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-83722335108115578132009-12-24T15:51:00.000-08:002009-12-24T15:54:27.232-08:00How the Bro Stole the Country, from Cannonfire.Check out the rest of this amazing tale at CannonFire.Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-38082765542496409642009-12-16T21:55:00.001-08:002009-12-16T22:06:44.437-08:00The Amex "Recovery" Commercial needs to be spoofed.If ever a commercial needed to be spoofed, it is this one. The AMEX "Recovery" commercial.Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-20249737559166916582009-12-09T21:52:00.000-08:002011-10-20T18:21:12.126-07:00Time to END ALL Interest Rate Charges on EXISTING consumer credit card debt and reduce ALL home mortgage interest rate charges to four percent.
A couple of decades ago when I was just starting out in the film industry I worked for a film company that was in merger talks with two other film companies. Our company was 10-15 million dollars in debt and it appeared the only way to save ourselves was by merging with two stable companies so that the overall debt percentage would be minimized. Our company had already made a name for itself soAlessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-18549458652908051412009-12-06T05:30:00.001-08:002010-02-18T13:30:51.198-08:00Time to Re Do our Income Tax Laws and Simplify Income Tax Returns.I just want to offer a new way to do income tax. The key proponent being that income tax becomes much much easier to calculate, and that the american consumer only have to pay one entity, and then that entity pays out all the other tax entities in the proper amount.I propose a level 4 income tax system. The level 4 income tax rate includes rates of 50%, 40%, 30% and 25%. The consumer CHOOSES Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-58852768151427168982009-09-30T16:56:00.001-07:002009-10-04T00:00:54.413-07:00SATURN collapses while Wall Street Stalwarts come up with IPO's for internet ventures, what's wrong with this picture?An economy that only invests in internet IPO's while letting actual american manufacturing jobs die is more of the same crap. Wall Street is offering IPO's on some internet ventures that will produce virtually NO manufacturing jobs. Barack Obama, you are a fraud.Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-86874220028803746462009-09-26T03:25:00.000-07:002009-09-26T20:12:47.960-07:00Have you heard of the Virtual Internet Universe Called Entropia, that actually requires you to use REAL DOLLARS to purchase Virtual Entropia Property?My mouth dropped when I saw this. Apparently people actually use real US dollars to purchase virtual property in an internet virtual universe called Entropia. There is even an exchange rate in which one US dollar equals 10 "Virtual Peds". My initial reaction is this is the stupidest thing I have ever heard.I just have to wonder if this entire scheme was developed on Wall Street by a Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-6544727438348798842009-09-15T09:29:00.001-07:002010-02-18T13:38:44.216-08:00Dylan Ratigan: Americans Have Been Taken HostageDylan Ratigan: Americans Have Been Taken Hostage Posted usingShareThis---------------My commentary below-----------I think it is important to note that the Ratigan column appears on Huffington Post. Huffington Post has already called Barack Obama the "Bank Centric Kid". Huffington Post is also the internet "news source" that blasted Hillary Clinton on a daily basis during the 2008 democratic Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-77491113006679239452009-08-29T17:31:00.000-07:002009-08-29T22:31:21.891-07:00Jim Quinn of the The Burning Platform dot com asks, Who got Judge Pleska to stay her decision that the Federal Reserve must reveal who got bailouts.Who got to Judge Preska? First Bloomberg wins the right to review where the bailout money went and orders the Federal Reserve to to comply within five days, now there is a stay of that order, why? (LINK) Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-47173258602428099452009-08-03T06:58:00.001-07:002009-08-04T17:27:46.685-07:00NEW BLOG ANNOUNCEMENT, INTRODUCING ROBOTS AGAINST CHASE BANK! ROBOTS AGAINST CHASE BANK ARE SPEAKING OUT!NEW BLOG ANNOUNCEMENT, INTRODUCING ROBOTS AGAINST CHASE BANK! THE ROBOTS AGAGINST CHASE BANK ARE SPEAKING OUT!Growing legions of Chase Bank customers / victims are now venting on YouTube. Robots Against Chase Bank is there to assemble the Chase Bank youtube venting protestors into one easy to find place.Posted using ShareThisAlessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-52059846221552704142009-07-20T13:43:00.001-07:002009-07-20T13:50:04.002-07:00Washington Post Rings Barack Obama's Bell, compares him to Jimmy Carter and George Bush, WISHES HE WERE MORE LIKE BILL CLINTON.Not only does the Washington Post scold Barack Obama, compare him to Jimmy Carter and George Bush while wishing he were more like Bill Clinton (I don't think that link will last very long), but I also find out just minutes later that Barack Obama LIKES Jamie Dimon.Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-76713168972019317002009-06-28T22:06:00.000-07:002009-06-28T22:09:04.573-07:00Man Bites Dog, Newspaper boycott set for July 4th, 2009?Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-10260988020979691462009-06-25T04:20:00.001-07:002009-06-25T18:41:58.244-07:00MORE CHANGE WE CANNOT BELIEVE IN, Mother of four ordered to pay over 1.9 million dollars because her sons downloaded and shared music, yeesh.I suppose this story is supposed to scare everybody.I personally think that stealing is stealing and something needs to be done, but I don't think the verdict that was reached above is the answer either.Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-5623296811240645912009-06-18T12:04:00.000-07:002009-06-18T12:17:10.499-07:00Judge from Anna Nicole Custody Suit "Fame" is sued by elderly neighbor for stealing her savings. OUCH!This may be another example of the media not doing their job (link) The alleged swindle happened in 2002, yet when Judge Seidlin had his fame as the emotional judge of the then recently passed Anna Nicole custody trial in early 2007, I don't think anything was either known or reported about his possible involvement in this elder swindle.Would it have been that hard to find out this possible Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-13019491636983230562009-04-05T13:16:00.000-07:002009-04-08T15:17:33.389-07:00Chase Bank in Woodland Hills. A Peaceful Protest is planned for 6633 Topanga Canyon Blvd in the West San Fernando Valley (Los Angeles County).I may be the only one out there, but I will be peacefully protesting at 6633 Topanga Canyon Blvd in Woodland Hills, CA. because Chase is raising their monthly minimum from 2% to 5% on EXISTING, low interest credit card debt of their most loyal and on time paying customers! My plan is to picket one hour a day until Chase REVERSES their policy. If I am the only one out there, Chase won't care. Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-343997222266686092009-02-07T12:53:00.000-08:002009-02-07T13:08:13.201-08:00Vermont Congressperson Bernie Sanders Agrees with Wall Street Change about Credit Card Interest Rate Charges...Congressperson Bernie Sanders said the following while appearing on the Rachel Maddow show (Feb 03, 2009) Please note, quote is taken from Senator Bernie Sanders Questions Card Card Interest Rates. Please link to the quote in this article, or DailyPUMA link provided above, transcriptions take a lot of time to do and nobody is paying for it to be done. Well Rachel, this is the problem with this Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-91117091097618820412009-01-30T09:02:00.000-08:002009-02-01T17:09:42.955-08:00Legitimate Bills versus Outrageous Credit Card Interest Rate Charges that are Wrecking the Economy and Causing Unnecessary Despair.Since Wall Street called a timeout last September, and with the Super Bowl right around the corner, I was wondering who will call a real time out for the american consumer? A real time out involves the suspension of interest charges on all unsecured debt, also known as Credit Card Debt.I see Barack Obama madly spinning his wheels to try and inflate the american economy with a bicycle pump, and IAlessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-75488886533028498232009-01-20T06:30:00.000-08:002009-01-20T06:53:56.383-08:00Hyundai tries to do the right thing, but it sure sounds weird.Hyundai says bring your new car back if you lose your job within the first year.Hyundai is running a television ad that if you lose your job, your license, have health issues or lose your source of income within the first year of buying your Hyundai car, you can return your new car purchase, without harming your credit history. Hyundai will cover you up to $7,500 dollars worth of negative equity,Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-42043062021636353592009-01-02T01:06:00.000-08:002009-01-02T11:48:36.338-08:00Do the New Math, Less income, less spending, equals a bigger and bigger slice goes toward Interest Payments.If person A has 1,000 dollars in bills, and 900 dollars in earnings, they must borrow a 100 dollars to break even, and on that 100 dollars they must pay interest. If Person A's income drops to 500 dollars, and they manage to drop their spending to 600 dollars, the net effect is they still must borrow a hundred dollars, but now the percentage of money they are borrowing versus the total amount Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-82865892830481698462008-12-27T13:55:00.000-08:002008-12-27T15:26:38.295-08:00Steel and Transportation Equals New Age Energy Inefficiency, Lightweight Super Strength Solar Cell Plastics might be the Better Choice.I read that UCLA is involved in lightweight plastic solar energy panel research that is supposed to be easier to make then current solar energy panels. UCLA Plastic Solar Energy Research. The implications of a plastic solar cell composite are dramatic. A Low cost, lightweight yet strong material for absorbing solar energy might mean a huge reduction in the overall weight of all transportationAlessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-60982212522757763752008-12-26T12:23:00.000-08:002008-12-26T12:28:07.235-08:00Reverse Money Flow from the Consumer to the Banks is the way to solve the economic crisis.If the Banks valued the reverse flow of money from the consumer back to the bank in the form of interest free debt paydowns, the economy would even out a lot sooner. Instead, the banks and the federal reserve only seem to acknowledge the outflow of credit that is putting the consumer farther and farther behind because of the interest rate charges that eat into what a consumer can actually spend.Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-40167848659190006082008-12-20T10:24:00.000-08:002008-12-20T10:27:08.199-08:00Credit Card Interest free debt paydowns are needed to help consumers.it's so obvious that what helps the consumer survive actually helps the economy survive. Interest free debt paydowns have yet to be mentioned as a consumer cure all, I've been warning about this economy for the last two years.Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-7231128958436449302008-12-09T20:16:00.001-08:002008-12-16T19:03:50.071-08:00A Christmas Song sung to the tune of Silver and Gold, Taxes and Debt, Taxes and Debt...As time has gone on, the consumer has been beseeched with more and more taxation, and more and more consumer debt. I'm reminded of Burl Ives singing Silver and Gold, only instead of silver and gold, the line is taxes and debt. Industrial modernization should have meant that taxation rates and consumer debt BOTH were reduced. Instead, the rich elite have used taxation and debt to accelerate Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-26428513102391203502008-12-03T04:12:00.000-08:002008-12-07T10:58:37.947-08:00Too much of the U.S. Economy is Tied into Cars.When the teelevision Media decided to get in bed with the automobile industry, they ignored small business owners in other industries. When a national television show cuts to a commercial, the commercials are not localized enough. The result is primarily national brand merchandisers, and automobiles, can afford to advertise, but the smaller businesses that just want to advertise in a small Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-69627834300712935162008-11-23T22:12:00.000-08:002008-11-23T22:52:34.180-08:00Would the Entire Worlds Economy be in Better Shape if all those Balloon Payments hadn't Ballooned?Wouldn't everybody have been better off if all of those balloon payment loans had simply stayed "as is" for several more years? Over a year ago, when the stock market was still shooting upwards, I suggested a similar concept regarding credit-card-debt on my Credit-Card-Cap.com website.Banks chose to foreclose and destroy homeowners who could actually afford a lower than desired monthly payment.Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-7865471503172642992008-11-20T14:07:00.001-08:002008-11-20T14:31:51.468-08:00What is Missing from the Bailout Proposals, and how MSNBC once again put their own agenda ahead of country.Bailout Matching Funds. Has anybody in the media even mentioned the possibility of bailout matching funds?Anyone needing a bailout from the government should have been required to submit cost saving measures that would be immediately implemented. The idea that big business put their hands out and asked for money without submitting any type of documentation that they too were getting leaner and Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-74704615896247975262008-11-06T16:54:00.000-08:002008-11-11T12:42:44.062-08:00How come Stock Market Shares fall in Value during a Recession when a Company Breaks Even?Does this make any sense? Why does a share of stock fall in value when a company breaks even during a recession? It seems to me that breaking even in dire economic times would actually be a good thing, no?Lets factor in that many stocks no longer give dividends out. If you own a stock that gives no dividends out, and that company breaks even during tough economic times, why should the stock goAlessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-77489092623671363632008-10-26T03:25:00.000-07:002008-10-26T03:50:04.980-07:00Is Quality the Answer when it comes to fixing the global economy?It seems like economic growth is fueled by the belief in something good. Once the good is created, waves of false excitement that lead to false growth get created as cheaper product imitations are made that leave the consumer with the initial belief that they are getting something valuable, for a lot cheaper.Once the consumer realizes the new cheaper thing is not as good as what it replaced, norAlessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-48738992184507236422008-10-19T21:53:00.000-07:002008-10-20T09:21:28.984-07:00There may be only one way to fix the global economy.There may be only one way to fix the global economy, and it revolves around the governments of the world changing how they operate. Governments can no longer be energy drainers and huge tax assessors, it no longer works. The world's global economy will only heal when governments from all over the world actually begin to create wealth rather than drain it.Global economy overlap, in which Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-81737909007823614972008-10-13T18:41:00.001-07:002008-10-13T18:43:35.675-07:00Stock Markets Rise over 900 Points, biggest rise ever, um, did your stocks go up very much in value???I didn't delve too deeply into who did well today, however, just for fun and research purposes I track a few dozen stocks. Hardly any of them had more than a one or two percent jump in "value" on a day when the stock market went up 11%. Somebody has some explaining to do.Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-19184658256534868502008-10-09T23:45:00.000-07:002008-10-10T00:02:25.356-07:00What will fix the Stock Market? How about the government admitting that they and the banking community have gutted the consumer beyond recognition.George Bush will speak AGAIN this morning and once again I will be reminded of the musical quartet playing on the deck of the Titantic as the Titantic sank. I feel as if George Bush is simply there to ease our minds while the economy tanks. What would fix the stock market?An acknowledgement by the government that between their level of taxes and fees, along with ultra high interest rates by theAlessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-48435586869069686742008-10-07T11:04:00.001-07:002008-10-08T10:07:44.291-07:00George Bush Explains about Credit 101, never Mentioning that cash is a good thing to have.President Bush explains the economy to everybody during ANOTHER hastily called press conference...."Lets say you have a chair for sale, but the customer doesn't have the credit to buy the chair...." My question is, why doesn't the customer have the cash to buy the chair? Answer, because taxes, fees, and interest take as much as 60% of a customers income, that's why there is a "need" for credit.IAlessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-40333015089115476212008-10-07T08:55:00.000-07:002008-10-07T13:35:03.130-07:00NBC Bailouts out on CSPAN Bailout Spoof starring George Soros, Pelosi, Frank, Bush & Sandler lookalikes, but others have preserved the clip.The Saturday Night Live CSPAN Bailout spoof video clip has been removed by NBC. I consider this bait and switch. Garner great ratings from political material, then pretend it never happened. I stumbled upon a gracious entity who understands the importance of preserving political art and you can download it at Saturday Night Live Spoof starring George Soros lookalike. This link automatically Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-58428150162344603512008-10-05T12:09:00.000-07:002008-10-07T00:39:14.698-07:00Saturday Night Live Transcript of a CSPAN Spoof involving George Soros, Nancy Pelosi, Barney Frank, and the Bailout. Transcript of Saturday Night Live CSPAN spoof starring "George Bush, Nancy Pelosi, Barney Frank, and George Soros" lookalikes. I transcribed this myself, my preference is anyone can put a link to here rather than just cutting and pasting it somewhere else, thanks. Barney FrankMany of you are probably wondering where did that 700Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-70327190800361677242008-09-30T12:36:00.000-07:002009-04-07T14:24:01.648-07:00Consumer Bill of Rights, Does one even Exist?The Wall Street Bailout masked what is really wrong with economy. We need a consumer Bill of Rights, and we need one now. Additionally, the Federal and State Income Tax Codes MUST be simplified and made fairer to those who are renters.#1 The right to "OPT OUT" of any financial agreement whenever the loaner changes terms.#2 Interest free pay down on all credit card debt that is 3 years or olderAlessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-7762658522107504392008-09-30T11:04:00.000-07:002008-09-30T11:14:06.169-07:00117 million Taxpayers received 170 billion dollars in stimulus relief this year, Wall Street wants 700 billion, want is Wrong with this Picture?117 million Taxpayers received a total of 170 billion dollars in stimulus relief checks this year, now Wall Street wants FOUR TIMES MORE than that amount. I find it crazy that we would ignore the consumer and their exploding debt and instead manufacture money to give to Wall Street, whose primary job is to create more debt among these same group of american consumers that are already in Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-29682680165378285202008-09-30T09:03:00.000-07:002008-09-30T09:07:40.420-07:00Credit Flowing on Wall Street to do what, invest in other countries while Taking away more jobs from American Workers?Between the government overtaxing US citizens, to Wall Street investing american money in overseas enterprises, the American Consumer has been thrown to the curb. Where is Ralph Nader when you need him?Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-40272453414031887712008-09-30T08:43:00.001-07:002008-10-02T15:24:05.386-07:00Stock Market loses 1.1 trillion in one day over 700 billion dollar bailout bill rejection.At first thought, one would say it's a "no brainer" to pass a 700 dollar bailout plan if it prevents a one day 1.1 trillion dollar loss on Wall Street. It would also have been a no brainer to come up with a stimulus package for consumers that encourages consumers to pay down their debts, especially OLD, unsecured DEBTS. Reducing OLD CONSUMER DEBT may possibly be the least discussed option by Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-27200859381141868732008-09-29T17:21:00.000-07:002008-09-30T09:24:44.450-07:00Consumer Debt, Why are we not talking about Consumer Debt?Over the years we have heard about stock market corrections. Stock Market corrections restabilize the market and allow for a new run of success to occur. Then there is consumer debt. For some reason, the media, the government, nor Wall Street ever states that reducing consumer debt is actually a good thing. Has consumer debt ever decreased in the past 20 years? Shouldn't consumer debt Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-23341131653587953362008-09-28T15:33:00.000-07:002008-09-29T15:06:24.963-07:00Lets have REAL CHANGE, Instead of the Government Saving the Bankers, how about the Consumer Saving the Economy.Because the consumer continues to be under represented in important, national issues, the government makes knee jerk decision based on input from the actual kneejerkers that caused the problem in the first place. Fixing the economy is easy. Empower the consumer by waiving all interest charges on old debt.Empower the homeowner by waiving interest payments for a year or two. Even if the paymentsAlessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-46970191532420723432008-09-26T01:22:00.000-07:002008-09-30T12:16:51.210-07:00Letting the consumer pay off their OLD Debts INTEREST FREE is the only bailout that is needed right now.What is needed BEFORE a bailout is interest free pay downs on all outstanding consumer debt. This would instantly infuse the banks with MORE of the consumers money as the consumer pays down their debt, interest free.Money would be used to pay down existing debt, money would also be saved, and a third bonus would be the consumer would actually be able to afford to buy some goods with CASH, and Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-86757901453542274942008-09-23T14:14:00.000-07:002008-09-24T03:16:11.743-07:00The Media, Banks, and the U.S. government are either slow to figure out an economic solution, or they have a master plan to keep us Fearful.Solution 101. If I could wave a magic wand and do one thing for the economy, it would be to allow for an immediate implementation of a full income tax deduction for both renters and property owners. "Preposterous", the wall street muckety mucks would say, "that is double dipping"! Lol, and just what does the government do every second of every day when it comes to taxation, they double and Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-69172624023165862942008-09-19T22:58:00.000-07:002008-09-23T21:59:14.826-07:00Media Afraid to Tread where this Article Dared to go a year and a half ago.This is my second reprint of this article. I warned about what was happening to the United States economy back in February of 2007. Pretty much everyone of my complaints has come home to roost.----------------------------------------------------Here is a link to the end of the United States as we know it. Home Depot to sell Supply Services Division to make Wall Street "Happy." Below is Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-5079399910230568362008-07-15T06:42:00.000-07:002008-07-16T11:20:04.164-07:00Stock Market Inflexibility, It's Their way or No way, same for the Government.It just seems odd to this corner of the world that the stock market, the banking industry, and the U.S. Government seem to care only about long term profitability rather than short term consumer stability. I find this odd because in general these three entities usually seem to care only about short term issues. Suddenly, when it comes to helping the consumer, it's a "this is going to hurt me, Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-22008274595374440532008-06-30T01:33:00.000-07:002008-06-30T11:57:15.926-07:00How Far Would You Drive to Save a Few Cents per Gallon?Just how far would you drive to find gasoline that was 8 cents cheaper per gallon? Eleven gallons of gasoline minus eight cents per gallon would save almost a dollar.Or would it??? 11 gallons would save approximately 88 cents at the gas station above. But when one factors in that the gas station was 1.5 miles out of the way, plus 1.5 miles for the return trip equals 3 extra miles traveled, or 1Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-48132099578546581532008-06-26T09:30:00.000-07:002008-06-27T08:20:45.905-07:00Lou Dobbs Agrees, sort of, Impeach George Bush, just like WallStreetChange Reported a Week Ago.Reported on this Blog one week ago, Impeach Bush over his inability to rally any government resources over REDUCING FUTURE FLOODING downstream that would be occurring over the next couple of weeks.Lou Dobbs expresses impeachment concerns about tomato tainted salmonella. All I can say is if Lou Dobbs thinks George Bush should be impeached for salmonella tainted tomatoes, what about his non action Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-83170109814733386712008-06-25T13:12:00.001-07:002008-06-30T09:30:58.001-07:00Why it Really is Later Than We Think When it Comes to Petroleum and the Worlds Addiction to Oil.Imagine that ethanol had been invented before gasoline. The advantages of Ethanol would be pretty apparent, one can grow their own fuel while remaining independent of all other countries and entities. Seed, water, soil, and sun and one can grow corn to make ethanol, wow.Now imagine the ethanol pioneers wanting to resell excess ethanol. To meet this goal, and to increase efficiency and profits,Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-45859598504070066382008-06-23T09:28:00.001-07:002008-09-30T12:21:11.046-07:00Old School Thinking Types like Tammy Bruce helping to Destroy the Planet.Coming Soon, a Response to comments Tammy Bruce made about the United States gasoline consumption. The rebuttal to Tammy Bruce can be found directly above. Or you can click on this link Tammy Bruce RebuttalAlessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318410902420515093.post-26143864887985988252008-06-20T23:43:00.000-07:002011-10-20T10:44:01.498-07:00Banks continue to Squeeze Consumers Credit Card Debt Dry.
Rather than make a bold move and encourage consumers to pay down their debt by eliminating interest rate charges on OLD DEBT, the Banks continue to cling to the only way they know how to make money, charging ridiculously high interest rates on old credit card debt. The banks may then use this never ending old debt indenturedness to invest in businesses in other countries.
When will this Alessandro Machihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316327488702524564noreply@blogger.com4