Movie Night? We know a really scary one
This Halloween Public Citizen and the Americans for Fairness in Lending are teaming up to sponsor screenings of the must-see Maxed-Out (featuring our very own Elizabeth Warren). If you sign up for a screening, they will send you an organizing kit and (if you are lucky) a free DVD of the movie!
For those of you who don't know about the multi-award documentary, it is an absolutely perfect indictment of the culture of debt that has permeated the middle class in America. Among other things, the movie talks about the predatory credit card companies, the perverse incentives for collection agencies, and the tragedies that can result from overwhelming and unending debt. My personal favorite moment of the film shows the families of soldiers in Iraq living in debt and being forced into bankruptcy while their husbands and sons serve abroad. I don't think I need explain why. This film is not to be missed.
I've seen this documentary, and it communicates well what I have been trying to tell my friends. Most of the time they think I'm just a prophet of doom when it comes to credit cards and debt, but this documentary makes it real and believable.
Jim Anderson
The Truth About Credit
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Ministry WebsiteOctober 15, 2007 1:47 AM | Reply | Permalink