Howard 's Views

(Cont.) CARL PASCARELLA, CEO, VISA AND THE GAME OF LIFE

THE HOME INVADERS

They've already invaded the schools and colleges with misleading and deceptive offers from Visa, MasterCard, etc., but now, this move by Visa to pervert a children's game, The Game of Life. makes them home-invaders as well.  Their targets now are the youngsters, children, kids . . . who are presumed to be safe from harm while playing happily at home under adult supervision, adults who are unaware of the true intent of Carl Pascarella and Visa International.

The Credit Card Cartel may be telling the public one thing, but they have statistics, just as the gambling industry does, letting them know exactly what to expect in financial returns from each child converted to practices they recommend.  It is as certain as the time the sun will rise and set on the morrow, that a good part the profits that are made by the Credit Card Cartel are from the use and abuse of plastic by those in need, who often see it as a life-raft.  The industry, though, is predatory in nature and can drown them in a sea of debit.  As a result, other predatory industries have sprung up and grown at an alarming rate, raking in further profits from those already in deep trouble.  Borrow against your home equity.  Bundle your debts.  Advisors.  These are industries founded upon the miseries of debt, usually credit card debt, debt purposely created by Visa and the Credit Card Cartel, and like crabs feeding off a body caught in the seaweed, they continue feeding until nothing is left..

To involve children in such a game is, indeed, tragic, a sad commentary on society today, but more so against the moral drift of both Hasbro and Visa.

If it is going to be part of a game, then not to make full disclosure of the perils of plastic, and I do mean full, with statistics about those who fall into debt and the difficulties they encounter, will show complete disregard for the youth of this Nation.  Oh yes, flip a card over and find, "Late Payment - $39" and "Over-limit fee - $39" and "Interest rate raised to 29%" and "Traffic Ticket Paid with plastic - $350".  Or, "Lose Turn: Collection Agency Call - during Dinner," I wonder if it is all there.  Or, "Weekend in Las Vegas. $980 on plastic".  Six credit cards, debt now $38,000.  Is it all there?

WILL GREEDY CARL MONOPOLIZE MONOPOLY NEXT?

If the Government will subpoena the testimony of those who participated in this perversion, it should be found that it is a well planned and executed take-over, much like the ruthless tactics of Chavez grabbling the oil fields and installations in Venezuela. 

The question is: will they grab onto Monopoly as well?  Watch for the headlines and a story by Kathy Kristof: Monopoly goes modern!  Let's wait and see; it shouldn't be long before they do.

The Greed of the Credit Card Cartel has no limitations nor conscience and by next Christmas you may well see that Visa logo on . . . yes, on the nation's most famous family game.  Read the cards then, Stop, Do Not Pass Go.  Home Loan Default, Sheriff Serves Eviction Notice.  Car Repossessed.  Jr. Husband tired of family arguments about money and turns to drugs.

BUYING BOARDWALK WITH A CITIBANK CARD!

Imagine buying Boardwalk with your Citibank Visa card!  Then, the Railroads with Capitol One Visa.  And, the Utilities with Wells-Fargo Visa.  Kids, come on, this is great fun, just keep spending, you've got Carl Pascarella out there to teach you how to pile up the debt, six bank Visa cards in your wallet.

Or maybe CEO Robert Sealander and Mastercard will go after Monopoly, or perhaps it will be American Express, but you can be certain that it will be one of them.

It's only a prediction, but the greed of these large corporations has no boundaries nor moral scruples when they go after the kids, and now that they're into children's games they'll look at the others available, casing the next job of Home Invasion.. 

It looks like Carl would take over plastic Tiddly-Winks if it would mean that he could put the Visa logo on each one of them and begin indoctrinating three and four year old kids into the brave new world of debt, and that Visa would eventually reap the rewards and collect their vigorish when these tiny kids become adults. Ah no, when they hit 15 or 16 is better, as it is never to early to prey upon the public.

I challenge the below CEOs to prove otherwise.  I will publish their words of wisdom right here on this page:

ALFRED J. VERRECCHIA, CEO - HASBRO, INC.

CARL PASCARELLA, CEO - VISA INTERNATIONAL

This space reserved for Al's answer.

This space reserved for Carl's answer.

INTRODUCING PRE-TEENS TO CREDIT CARD DEBT

A young children's game, called The Game of Life, produced by Hasbro, Inc., played by pre-teens, is being perverted by a strange alliance with Visa International, and CEO Carl Pascarella, whose stated goal is to make cash money and checks obsolete, and to get all financial your purchases onto plastic, especially Visa's.

Consumer debt is now at levels which are a national disgrace, and home foreclosures are alarming the financial world.  Home foreclosures, bankruptcies and divorces are all closely tied to consumer debt, of which Visa is a major, if not the major offender. Bribery, a criminal act, is part and parcel of these problems, and used in credit card transactions. 

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