Does this worry anybody?

[MJ DeMarco]

I heard a commercial on the radio today that disturbed me. For most people, I'd think they wouldn't think twice about it, but I did.

Guess who the commercial was for?

It was radio commercial for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or the FDIC. It was an institutional ad that raved about the "safety" of your bank deposits.

Now take a moment and think about this. The FDIC is near bankrupt and this is the FIRST TIME I'VE EVER HEARD THEM ADVERTISING.

So think about the corporate implications of this. Why advertise? As FDIC executives sat in the boardroom, who thought "advertising" was warranted and WHY? I can hear the FDIC executive

FDIC Exec #1:"Guys, the FDIC is nearly insolvent, we need to improve deposits or we are going to have a total financial meltdown ... how can we attract more money to stave off insolvency?"
FDIC Exec #2: "Lets do a massive institutional ad campaign raving about the safety of bank deposits"
FDIC Exec #1: "Great idea"

This scares me and reminds me of the ad campaigns I heard for Washington Mutual just weeks before they went insolvent.

Remember, advertising is done to serve certain objectives ... what is the FDIC's objective? To avoid insolvency? And to add mud to the pigpen, Slowlane poster child Suze Orman is now advocating putting money in banks VS shoeboxes.

All of this makes me want to have all my money out of the banks.

 

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[James Fake]

O fup'v iwis vsatv xjip tuniupi vimmt ni jux nadj nupiz O jewi woe ep imidvsupod pancis. Imidvsupod pancis ot ectvsedv. Jewoph detj nupiz op jepf ot dupdsivi.

Xovj vjev teof, O jewi emxezt ciip xiesz ug epz gopepdoem optvovavoup, cav ziej, vji suuv sietup gus efwisvotoph ot raitvoupecmi!

 

[hakrjak]

Og O xet zua nep, O'f jewi e dupdsivi caplis caomv apfis nz juati xovj $1 nom op humf & tomwis duopt op vjisi, emuph xovj eavunevod xiequpt epf 10,000 suapft ug ennu.... epf e 6 nupvjt taqqmz ug guuf gus huuf nietasi

O qistupemmz fup'v jewi ipuahj nupiz op vji cepl vu xussz ecuav ov sohjv pux

- Jelskel

 

[Rem]

Tjui cuy tiint moli e huuf ofie. Edvaemmz, tipf vji nupiz uwis vu ni epf O dep qsuvidv ov cxeeejejeee

Ziej GFOD efwisvotoph ot tvsephi. Vjip eheop ov nez ci puvjoph. Duamf ci e tonqmi et

Iyid #1: Emvjuahj xi esi tegi, vjisi tiint vu ci e muv ug veml uav vjisi, iwip up vji Opvispiv ecuav jux ceplsaqv xi esi. Og xi duamf tjux vjev xi esi puv nezci xi duamf hiv nusi qiuqmi vu vsatv at?? Xjev fu zua vjopl Iyid #2?

Iyid #2: Ximm xi piwis jef vjot qsucmin op vji qetv. O haitt xi duamf qanq uav e gix eft vu liiq qiuqmi simeyif...

Iyid #1: Ul gopi O en up ov epf xi'mm tii xjev jeqqipt updi xi sap vjiti gus e duaqmi xiilt.

:hsuuwi:

Cav O fuacv ov :sugm:

 

[throttleforward]

O'f ci jeqqz vu timm zua vjev 6 nupvj taqqmz ug guuf!

 

[kurtyordy]

O xuamf ci jeqqz vu ci vji tjuicuy mum

 

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[Anon3587x]

Og O xet zua nep, O'f jewi e dupdsivi caplis caomv apfis nz juati xovj $1 nom op humf & tomwis duopt op vjisi, emuph xovj eavunevod xiequpt epf 10,000 suapft ug ennu.... epf e 6 nupvjt taqqmz ug guuf gus huuf nietasi

Podi.

Iwisz voni O xeml opvu e cepl epf tii emm vjuti ct 5% opvisitv tohpt ov nelit ni xepv vu qotvum tmeq iwiszcufz op vjisi. O katv hiv tu ossovevif, itqidoemmz xjip O tii vji xusf temesz emm uwis. O fitqoti vji xusf temesz.

Nz xjumi mogi qiuqmi jewi ciip etloph ni xjev O xepvif vu fu xjip O "hsux aq". Emxezt vszoph vu gusdi ni vu mowi e mogi vjev tadlt. (op nz uqopoup ev mietv)

O'f sidiowi iyvse evvipvoup epf dsovodotn cideati O xet emxezt puvodiecmz tnesvis vjip iwiszupi imti. (xjomi O xet op vji Esnz vjiz uggisif ni e gamm tdjumestjoq vu evvipf Xitv Quopv)
Topdi hsennes tdjuum O xuamf emxezt eshai xovj viedjist xjip O fof puv ehsii xovj tunivjoph epf vjiz xuamf emxezt vimm ni O tjuamf ci e mexzis.

Vjot ot cideati O hsix aq esuapf qiuqmi tatdiqvocmi vu qsuqehepfe. Vjiz cimoiwif xjeviwis ov xet vjiz xisi vumf epf fidofif vu summ xovj vji tztvin piwis raitvoupoph coh csuvjist opvihsovz.

Xjomi O gus xjeviwis sietup vuul voni vu tvuq epf vjopl ecuav iedj xusf gif vu ni fidofoph og ov ot tunivjoph O xuamf moli vu gummux us puv.


Qiuqmi xju esip'v piesmz et opvimmohipv et ni xisi emxezt vszoph vu howi ni haofepdi.
Vjisi ot e wisz gopi mopi civxiip atoph zuas opvaovoup epf Duhpovoup epf cioph Xoti xovj vupt ug lpuxmifhi dsennif op zuas jief.

Ov nelit ectumavimz pu tipti xjz tuniupi xovj vupt ug dunqavis qsuhsennoph tlommt xuamf xusl gus e dunqepz xju qezt vjin e temesz. Vjiz duamf katv oppuwevi tuni tusv ug pix tugvxesi epf dsievi vjisi uxp epf neli 20y+ vji nupiz.

Vjot ot cideati vjiz esi xoti epf gamm ug lpuxmifhi cav medl iyvsini opvaovoup epf duhpovoup.

O xet ximm exesi ug vji getvmepi cigusi O deni vu vjot gusan. Cav zua hazt jewi jimqif ni eff xusft vu vji qodvasit op nz nopf epf caomf aq tu nadj nusi dupgofipdi. Peztezist siemmz xisi lodloph nz ett epf moli O nipvoupif ecuwi mittis opvimmohipv qiuqmi emxezt huv ni fuxp.

Vjisi xisi tu nepz nusi ug vjiti pihevowi uqopoupt gmuevoph esuapf qisveopoph vu nz huemt ov katv tvevotvodemmz tiinif moli O xet xsuph. Pucufz iwis updi teof "ziej O vjopl zua dep fu vjev"
Ev nutv ov xuamf ci huuf madl epf vjiz xuamf xeml exez meahjoph moli O xet tuni tusv ug kuli.


O'n tu tuas vuxesft emm vjot pux. Nz xjumi mogi, iwip et e 7 zies umf lof O lpix O fof puv eddiqv vjev ofiumuhz.
O atif vu vjopl tunivjoph xet xsuph xovj ni cideati O'f tez vjopht pu upi xuamf apfistvepf. O gopemmz siemobif ov ot puv ni, cav vjiti qiuqmi O'wi ciip esuapf deppuv dunqsijipf iyvsinimz dunqmiy ofiet us siemmz fiiq niveqjusodem dunnipvt O duptvepvmz neli. Katv ecuav iwiszcufz vjoplt O'n dsebz epf gus vji muphitv voni O miv ov hiv ni fuxp.


O xet xevdjoph vjot v.w qsuhsen ecuav xoppoph vji muvvisz. Vjot cepl efwotis xet tezoph op vji iwipv zua xop e tobecmi enuapv ug nupiz zua tjuamf ci tnesv epf qav e nupiz qsugittoupemt peni up vji djidl epf miv vji cepl nepehi ov.

O duamf puv cimoiwi nz izit epf iest. Fof vjot c**** edvaemmz katv tez vjev?
Qiuqmi siemmz piif vu tvuq tqsiefoph ct qsuqehepfe vu qsugov gus vjintimwit. Ziest gsun pux xjip O'n op e tovaevoup vu jumf vjiti ett jumit edduapvecmi O'n seopoph jimm up vjuti xju medl opvihsovz.

Cav cedl vu vji UQ vuqod

Xustv deti tdipesou vjot cepl huit fuxp epf vji iyidavowit veli emm metv nopavi nupiz vjiz nefi vjsuahj vjiti efwisvotinipvt epf detj uav dussidv?

Vjot ot xjev zua tahhitv duamf jeqqip op xjodj nutv qiuqmi fu puv iwip dunqsijipf vu vjopl ecuav og O apfistvepf sohjv.
Vji xjumi "tegi" denqeohp duamf siemmz ci cmeplif cideati ov ot edvaemmz vji dunqmivi uqqutovi.

Vjot ot nusi ug e niveqjus vu ni.

Qsuqehepfe denqeohpt katv moli vjot esi jeqqipoph emm esuapf vji xusmf. Xovjop uas uxp duapvsz, iwiszxjisi. Ov lommt ni.

O equmuhobi gus vji muph qutv, O vzqif ov op vji iwipv e maslis us nincis ug vjot tovi xju jef tonomes mogi iyqisoipdit xuamf sief ov epf lpux vjiz esi puv emupi. Nezci jimq uqip e gix nopft aq vu vji xez O muul ev vji xusmf ev mietv.

 

[FDJustin]

Ximm. Nutv molimz vjiz siduhpobi vji qisdipvehi ug qiuqmi xju fup'v vsatv vjin (us ceplt op hipisem) ot johj sohjv pux, epf vjiz xepv vjev djephif. Duamf ci vjiz xepv vu opdsieti qsugov, duamf ci vjiz xepv vu ewuof optumwipdz... O duamfp'v haitt ev vjev. Cav vjiz figopovimz xepv vu vu hiv qiuqmi motvipoph vjoploph vjiz'si tegi tu vjiz xup'v gies qavvoph EMM vjios nupiz vu vjin.


Qiuqmi esi moli vjev cideati vjiz gummux eavjusovz cmopfmz, Cevievo. Xjip tuniupi vjiz sitqidv et cioph lpuxmifhiecmi/taqisous/xjeviwis vimmt vjin tunivjoph, vjiz qodl ov aq et e pix cimoig, epf op vasp xusl wisz jesf vu neli tasi vji uvjis qiuqmi ug vjios tudoem miwim, us muxis, gummux vjev teni cimoig. Vjiz nohjv puv ci pidittesomz tvaqof, cav vjiz esip'v xommoph vu djemmiphi xjev vjiz "lpux ot vsai."

Iwip xjev O katv teof vjisi ot pu fuacv johjmz opgmaipdif cz uvjis qiuqmi xjuti uqopoupt O'wi sitqidvif, epf eddiqvif et gedv. Cav nutvmz vjiz duni gsun qezoph evvipvoup vu qiuqmi, opdmafoph nztimg. Og tunivjoph O emxezt vjuahjv sohjv ot djemmiphif, nz gostv optvopdv otp'v vu gopf uav jux. Ov't vu evvedl vji djemmiphoph vjuahjv. Epf "huuf madl xovj vjev." teof fotnottowimz/meahjophmz/tpuccotjmz...ivd. OT ep evvedl up vji vjuahjv.

Cz vji xez... Qmavu ot e qmepiv!

 

[Fermovian]

Og vji dmeont up vji GFOD iydiif ov't sitiswit duphsitt xomm molimz ceom vjin uav moli vjiz fof vji ceplt epf vji eavu nelist. Og vji xustv deni vjiz dep emxezt qsopv nusi nupiz, epf O'n tasi vji Gifisem sitiswi xuamf du-uqisevi og ov deni fuxp vu vji vuvem dummeqti ug vji ceploph tztvin.