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The economy has gotten so bad that even credit card bill collectors are having trouble making a living. True, their referrals are way up. But getting money from people too hard pressed by lost jobs and medical expenses to be easily intimidated by mere phone threats is causing a dramatic change in collection practices.

The Bill Collector Blues

Pity the poor bill collector
He loved to call and snarl and hector
To pester 'bout an unpaid debt
'Bout payments that you haven't met.

Pity the poor bill collector
He loved to diddle and dissect ya
Get you feeling beat and small
Just to get you in his thrall.

Pity the poor bill collector
The long-time ego vivisector
Alas these days to get his slice
The poor man finds he must make nice.

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©2009 Michael Silverstein

 

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"Nowadays, you can't turn on the TV without some talking head telling you about the economy. Yet, in a world overrun by 'analysts,' only one man has the guts, the brains, and, quite frankly, the poetry to put it all in perspective.That man is Michael Silverstein... Silverstein is a true intellectual." — Gersh Kuntzman, The New York Post

"Few people have found much to laugh about in the stock market this year. Michael Silverstein is the exception. The Bard of the Bourse can find humor in losing money, globalization and stock options." — USA Today
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