sanitation@lemmy.radio to me_irl@lemmy.world · 11 days agoMe_irllemmy.radioimagemessage-square20linkfedilinkarrow-up1226arrow-down111
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minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·11 days agoAfter seeing John Oliver’s latest episode, I can only add one thing to this topic: 🎵 I HAVE A STRUCTURED SETTLEMENT AND I NEED CASH NOW! 🎵 (apparently shit like JG Wentworth is basically a scam preying on people with literal brain damage)
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 days agoI assume you sign over your monthly payments in exchange for a lump sum which is nowhere near what you would get over time, minus a bunch of fees. And then eventually you become poor and homeless because you didn’t manage your money appropriately. Is it something other than that?
After seeing John Oliver’s latest episode, I can only add one thing to this topic:
🎵 I HAVE A STRUCTURED SETTLEMENT AND I NEED CASH NOW! 🎵
(apparently shit like JG Wentworth is basically a scam preying on people with literal brain damage)
I assume you sign over your monthly payments in exchange for a lump sum which is nowhere near what you would get over time, minus a bunch of fees. And then eventually you become poor and homeless because you didn’t manage your money appropriately.
Is it something other than that?