| |  | DVD Maxed Out |  | | | | | | | | | | Rating:  - Eye Opening
In light of recent events, the ("loan") buyout of AIG and Fannie Mae, everyone should read this book!!It explains it all, and was written BEFORE it all happened.This guy is a genius and the book is pretty light hearted and funny considering the serious subject.
Rating:  - Biased, but good
This documentary highlights the predatory lending on the financial side and the monetary carelessness on the consumer side that is leading to an inflation of prices and a catastrophic debt problem.This was a great documentary that indulged in undeserved demonization of republicans and glorification of democrats.The conclusion advocates a communist redistribution of wealth.The national debt is frightening and overwhelming, but more government spending in a different direction is only escalating the problem!It should have included what happened in the 1920s leading up to the market crash and the Great Depression, so that people could get an idea of the end game possibilities here, rather than promoting a defunct political theory.
Rating: - Maxed out
This is a very powerful dvd with much information that the government doesn't want us to know. The way it handles the economy is.. there's no real words to describe it, and to think there are people out there who want them to MANAGE THE ENTIRE HEALTH SYSTEM. Come on THINK, yes theres got to be a better way just not the gov't way.
Rating: - MAXED OUT
This is an excellent title that many people in the United States need to see. That it was shown on cable and not "prime time" TV (non-cable channels that many Americans watch) indicates that there are forces within the banking, advertising, and financial industries that want the current "status quo" of borrowers to remain "borrowers" and people who "owe."
I want to point out that it is the consumer's responsibility to read the "fine print" but when faced with "Ignorance," "evictions," "foreclosures," etc. credit card use would appear a way out-if only temporarily. MAXED OUT is a tour de force about money making in America and the globe. At the expense of the "unfortunate many" who get caught out here by 'maxing out" their credit. MAXED OUT is the first "consumer beware" notice that needs to be seen by everyone. America is the land of opportunity but some corporations have taken that slogan to mean "profit at any cost."
Rating: - A wasted opportunity
I am a huge fan of documentaries and sample as many as I can. The credit card industry makes for a perfect subject as there are so much abuse from both its users and its issuers so I was hoping that the documentary would not limit its to the sleazy practices of the credit industry and how government has not done much to keep these people in check. That story has been told many times yet the angle that would have made it more interesting is how we as consumers fall prey to our own greed, entitlement, and how some really good people who can't make ends meet also can fall prey to a gangster-like industry.
But our accountability is thrown out the window and bulk of the documentary tries to expose a known sleaziness and in my opinion those telling the tale resort to exploiting their subjects in a very heavy-handed matter. Did they have to talk to resort to milking tears from mothers who lost their children to suicide when the kids could not keep up with payments? A missing woman is used for similar purposes as are the mother of a developmentally challenged man, and a war veteran. The documentary also uses a cheap propaganda film from archives for maximum snarkiness and takes pot shots at some many people, including some who have done some pretty good things when it comes to training people not to live beyond their means.
I knew that it would not be a good documentary when I started looking at my watch within the first half-hour. The documentary beat the same drums over and over again with a documentary by the numbers check-list that I assume has or would make a great 20 minute story for a show like 60 Minutes. Even the title is deceptive as I was expecting to see a documentary of the misuse of credit and how the industry preys on those who do the worst job of managing it. They are sleazy, but what's the message here? Pointing fingers is easy, but what about us? I am a bleeding heart Democrat so it's not about politics nor being clueless about how hard it for our population to get by. Better luck next time.
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