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xsBusiness - Maxed Out
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List Price: $19.98
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Manufacturer: Magnolia
Starring: Beth Naef, Mike Hudson, Louis C.K., Catherine Brown, John Brown
Directed By: James D. Scurlock
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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: MAXED OUT (DVD MOVIE)
EAN: 0876964000864
Format: Closed-captioned
Label: Magnolia
Manufacturer: Magnolia
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Magnolia
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2007-06-05
Running Time: 90
Studio: Magnolia
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
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Summary: Til Debt Do You Part
Comment: I can think of no better day than today to review this excellent documentary. You see, today is the day after Thanksgiving 2008; what many call "Black Friday." It is the day many of us sink further into debt buying crap our friends and family probably don't need nor want. Couple that with a destabilizing economy and you've got serious issues to think about. The question we need to ask ourselves is "why?" Why do we feel the need to spend more than we make (or may ever make)?
The tough answer is here in MAXED OUT, writer/director James D. Scurlock's first feature length documentary.
I think many of us know the answer but simply refuse to acknowledge it: we want to keep up with the Jones'. They have a new car, we need a new car. They have a new washer/dryer, we need a new one. It is a cycle being perpetuated by the credit industry and we, the consumers, have been drawn to it like moths to a flamethrower.
Maxed Out gives us insights that should make one angry and fearful. Predatory lenders like MBNA, Capitol One, and other credit card companies target those that are least likely to be able to afford credit. Why? Because these are the people who max out their cards then pay the minimum monthly amounts until ...either bankrupt or death do them part. It's a marriage made in Hell and it continues to this day. College students who enter a new campus are likely to find tables set up near their dorms offering sign ups for new credit cards. Why? Again, because they can't afford it (sadly these are the people who end up in the worst situations, often dangling from their necks in dorm room closets).
Add to this fact that we are now in the worst financial/debt crisis in U.S. history (end of 2008) and is there any wonder why? George Bush and his buddies at MBNA passed a new law that puts tighter restrictions on filing for bankruptcy, making those who really need assistance the least likely to get it (but it's okay to spend 700 billion taxpayer dollars to bail out banks that caused this debacle). Heinous. And do the credit card companies have to answer to anyone? Morally or ethically? Not that I've seen.
This is a documentary well worth your while. And at a quick 89 minutes, it won't eat up a lot of your precious time ...like those credit card bills will.
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Summary: You'll never want to use a credit card again!
Comment: I was shocked, appalled, but enlightened after seeing this video.
EVERY consumer who uses credit products should see this film. It's socially irresponsible not too!
We have been duped! We've been taken for a ride and are paying a high cost for it.
The credit cards are now cut up and they will never be used again!
You have to see this! That's all I can say. You will never view a piece of plastic the same way again!
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Summary: For such a time as this
Comment: At time when our country is in crises because of lenders making NINJA Loans (No Income. No Job. No Assets), there is not a better time for people to buy and watch Maxed Out. Maxed Out paints a sobering picture of credit practices that ruin people's lives. Although Maxed Out accurately explains that borrowers cannot depend on lenders to advise them in setting proper limits on borrowing, it does not place enough emphasis on the individual's responsibility for his own actions. William Shakespeare wrote in Hamlet, Neither a borrower nor lender be." Maxed Out explains why Shakespeare's advice is so sound for us today.
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Summary: A bit one sided
Comment: Saw this movie last night. While it was enjoyable (I really like the documentary style of story telling), I did find the personal responsiblity side overlooked. Then at the very end, it read ...in association with ACORN, or something like that. This is the same group that pressured congress into the whole Freddy Mac/Fannie May fiasco that we're dealing with now. The same group who almost got BILLIONS of dollars in this crazy bailout that our grandchildren will still have to pay. Thanks to those in congress who took that handout away from ACORN. They are B. Obamas biggest contributor (and why not, he was once their lawyer). They are involved in voter fraud galore, and many in their organization have gone to jail. As with everything else, buyer beware. Just quit asking your fellow citizens to bail you out when you make a bad decision.
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Summary: It's MOURNING in America, the real Ground Zero, and the rich are getting richer at the same time
Comment: This is one great documentary about our great shame. The depression we feel now in 2008 has its roots in a lack of fundamental respect from those in leadership positions since 1981.
The spendaholics that were voted to Washington to run (or ruin) America are highlighted in this story that everyone who lives in America has witnessed personally, unless you are or have been a member of Congress. Ok, that is wrong. If you influence Congresspersons, you haven't felt the sting either.
When you watch this movie, you realize that there is no reason for this much pain to be allowed to exist.
You realize that the dark side of human nature is more prevalent in our financial community than in all the caves of primitive countries.
When you find out that MBNA wrote the last changes to the bankruptcy laws.
When you find out that the analysis used to target the weakest among us to create economic slavery from cradle to grave is still being defended instead of castigated in Washington.
When you watch the shrub say, "Let's not burden Iraq with loans, all they can pay us with is oil" and then realize what he just said, and immediately end the conversation was amazing.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Maxed Out takes viewers on a journey deep inside the American style of debt where things seem fine as long as the minimum monthly payment arrives on time. Shocking and incisive Maxed Out paints a picture of a national nightmare which is all too real for most of us.Runtime: 87 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre:Â DOCUMENTARIES/MISC. Rating:Â NR UPC:Â 876964000864 Manufacturer No:Â 10086
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