“Gutter service”
I was reading Matt’s Taibblog:
Why the Foreclosure Deal May Not Be So Hot After All
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/why-the-foreclosure-deal-may-not-be-so-hot-after-all-20120209
Where he backs off his earlier ‘praise‘ of the proposed mortgage settlement now that the fine print is available. Shockingly, it is a bad deal for those with mortgaged houses (how did I not see that coming? ;-)) and virtually a slap on the wrist (those that think $25 billion is a lot of money need to learn what percentages mean, not to mention tracing some of the TARP money; when they do they will realize that that money is actually our tax dollars). Since the companies involved have suffered essentially no punishment whatsoever, coupled with toothless ‘enforcement’ of the remedies, we are back to exactly where we started where the companies routinely commit illegal acts with impunity. Welcome to America! Land of the free!
So, back to ‘gutter service’. It seems that quite a few people paid to serve summons (that document you are supposed to get personally hand delivered telling you about a court date) simply threw them in the trash, yet swore (the legal type of swearing) that they had, in fact, delivered it. Since these people are committing perjury, I would think our justice system would put these people in jail straight away, but it seems that is not the case:
Lawsuit Over Process Server Fraud Seeks to Vacate 100,000 Credit Card Lawsuits
http://www.longislandlawyerblog.com/lawsuit-over-process-server-fraud-seeks-to-vacate-100000-debt-collection-judgments
Instead of jail time AND any lawsuit so tainted being dismissed with prejudice (such that those who paid for these gutter serviced documents are also punished; there is no way in hell that anyone paying $8 to serve a document can possibly think that they are actually getting that document served, even if the person to be served is at home the very first time they contact them it is likely to be a minimum of an hour spent on the process, not to mention gas, etc. expenses), they want to vacate the cases (which allows the suit to be brought again, meaning the whole process starts all over again (just like the mortgage settlement fiasco)) and, at least in the article mentioned above, nothing bad happens to the people who committed perjury.
Ain’t this America a great place! Law only applies to little people, the rich and powerful are immune!
I can serve your paper for eight bucks or pave your driveway or roof your house for $500, or deal 3-card monte so that you win a fortune. There’s one born every minute.