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lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

RE: Dr. Ben Carson endorses Trump

Bonny22Pye · Guru

lilyofcourse wrote:
There isn't two sets of laws.

Some can afford better lawyers than others.

I was thinking a Survivor situation but Hunger Games works.

The fact that you need money to navigate the judicial system is horrid.

cadiver · Senior Member

I still like the card board cutout, I would prefer a St pauli Girl one but if it has to be one of Trump so be it.

Next is Vermin Supreme.

-- Edited by cadiver on Tuesday 15th of March 2016 02:55:55 PM

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Bonny22Pye wrote:
lilyofcourse wrote:
There isn't two sets of laws.

Some can afford better lawyers than others.

I was thinking a Survivor situation but Hunger Games works.

The fact that you need money to navigate the judicial system is horrid.

You dont. You can represent yourself.

It isn't the smartest thing to do, but you can.

Honeys_Mom · Mod & Permanent Board Sweetheart

Bonny22Pye wrote:
lilyofcourse wrote:
There isn't two sets of laws.

Some can afford better lawyers than others.

I was thinking a Survivor situation but Hunger Games works.

The fact that you need money to navigate the judicial system is horrid.

I agree you, Bonny. But after my recent experience with our (in)justice system, I had to accept the reality. I'm wondering if there ever has been a place and time in history when money didn't rule the judicial system? Anyone have what they consider good input on that?

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

Honeys_Mom wrote:
Bonny22Pye wrote:
lilyofcourse wrote:
There isn't two sets of laws.

Some can afford better lawyers than others.

I was thinking a Survivor situation but Hunger Games works.

The fact that you need money to navigate the judicial system is horrid.
I agree you, Bonny. But after my recent experience with our (in)justice system, I had to accept the reality. I'm wondering if there ever has been a place and time in history when money didn't rule the judicial system? Anyone have what they consider good input on that?

Our system, while the best in the world IMO, is still flawed. And anyone who thinks that there are not two sets of rules for the rich and poor is ignorant. Let's think of a couple of examples here.

Afflueneza anyone? The definition of that alone should show you the injustice. Yes, I killed four people but I'm too rich to know better. I don't deserve to go to jail because I'm so rich. It's not MY fault.

Lindsey Lohan. She's gotten more DUI's than anyone I know. She's never spent a significant time in jail. If you or I racked up as many DUI's as she has we'd be sitting in county right now and we wouldn't have a drivers license anymore. We sure wouldn't have gotten to go to some posh rehab where we sat in a hot tub, got massages, and had the best chef in the world fixing our meals. Give me a break.

Justin Beiber? If he were the son of a person on this board he'd have been locked up for all the crap he pulled. But instead America laughs and says he's just a kid still and we have to excuse his shenanigans because the money and power went to his head.

Lois Lerner anyone? She's broken multiple laws. Tons of them. Then the investigation went hush hush so we could investigate Bengazhi and Lois quietly retired with her full pension. That's right folks. We're paying for this law breaker. She should have been punished but why the heck would we do that? Give her her pension money.

Yeah, so if you think Hillary is going anywhere you're deluded. That's NOT the way our society works.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

I've had cheap lawyers and I've had expensive lawyers.

You really do get what you pay for and when it comes to the court system, I'm not going to be cheap ever again.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

I've never needed a lawyer, and I plan to keep it that way.

flan

huskerbb · Guru

flan327 wrote:
I've never needed a lawyer, and I plan to keep it that way.

flan

You don't have an estate plan? What about real estate transactions?

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

huskerbb wrote:
flan327 wrote:
I've never needed a lawyer, and I plan to keep it that way.

flan
You don't have an estate plan? What about real estate transactions?

Nope, and we DO need an estate plan.

The thread had been referring to criminal lawyers.

flan

huskerbb · Guru

flan327 wrote:
huskerbb wrote:
flan327 wrote:
I've never needed a lawyer, and I plan to keep it that way.

flan
You don't have an estate plan? What about real estate transactions?
Nope, and we DO need an estate plan.
The thread had been referring to criminal lawyers.
flan

But lawyers do more than that and your post didn't specify.

youve never bought any real estate?

Honeys_Mom · Mod & Permanent Board Sweetheart

lilyofcourse wrote:
I've had cheap lawyers and I've had expensive lawyers.

You really do get what you pay for and when it comes to the court system, I'm not going to be cheap ever again.

I just went through the opposite, Lily. My expensive attorney, who came very "well recommended", ended up doing very little to protect me from getting scr*wed. Nothing that she said would happen, did happen, and everything she said could never happen... did happen.

But with that said, though I pray with all my heart that I'll never, ever, ever need to hire another attorney... I'll probably do as you advise above and go with the higher end. I have come to believe that the (in)justice system is more like a lottery; you win some, you lose some, and there's no telling why. cry

huskerbb · Guru

My SIL didn't have any money when she had to go to court for custody of her kids. She had a sh!tty lawyer. Her ex had a great one--and that drug addict got custody.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

I'm sorry you had to go through all that. I truly am.

If it helps at all, my divorce cost almost 4 times what my wedding did.

And I went through 3 lawyers through it all.

Ohfour · Hooker

huskerbb wrote:
My SIL didn't have any money when she had to go to court for custody of her kids. She had a sh!tty lawyer. Her ex had a great one--and that drug addict got custody.

Yep, my exSILs divorce was the same way. The guy that has been in jail for child abuse against their kids got full custody.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

huskerbb wrote:
flan327 wrote:
huskerbb wrote:
flan327 wrote:
I've never needed a lawyer, and I plan to keep it that way.

flan
You don't have an estate plan? What about real estate transactions?
Nope, and we DO need an estate plan.
The thread had been referring to criminal lawyers.
flan
But lawyers do more than that and your post didn't specify.
youve never bought any real estate?

Yes, we bought a house.

flan

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

I've used them for civil, family, criminal, business and future planning.

It's a matter of finding the right one for what you need.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

huskerbb wrote:
flan327 wrote:
huskerbb wrote:
flan327 wrote:
I've never needed a lawyer, and I plan to keep it that way.

flan
You don't have an estate plan? What about real estate transactions?
Nope, and we DO need an estate plan.
The thread had been referring to criminal lawyers.
flan
But lawyers do more than that and your post didn't specify.
youve never bought any real estate?

In some states, you can buy property without an attorney. I don't recommend it, but the title companies handle it instead.

huskerbb · Guru

Lawyerlady wrote:
huskerbb wrote:
flan327 wrote:
huskerbb wrote:
flan327 wrote:
I've never needed a lawyer, and I plan to keep it that way.

flan
You don't have an estate plan? What about real estate transactions?
Nope, and we DO need an estate plan.
The thread had been referring to criminal lawyers.
flan
But lawyers do more than that and your post didn't specify.
youve never bought any real estate?
In some states, you can buy property without an attorney. I don't recommend it, but the title companies handle it instead.

You CAN do that here--but usually our transactions are a lot more complicated than what a title company can handle.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

You can't in Georgia. It's the law.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Title company + bank was all we ever needed.

flan

Ohfour · Hooker

Lawyerlady wrote:
You can't in Georgia. It's the law.

Even cash transactions?

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

How many people buy a house and pay cash?

flan

-- Edited by flan327 on Tuesday 15th of March 2016 08:46:36 PM

Ohfour · Hooker

LL!!!!! You didnt provide a link!!!!! Did you plagarIze this????? Is it from The Onion? How are we to know this is true if you didnt provide a link? The horror!!!!!!

Ohfour · Hooker

flan327 wrote:
Of course, you're buying a house & paying cash...

flan

We paid cash for the lake house and the other property we bought there.

Ohfour · Hooker

flan327 wrote:
How many people buy a house and pay cash?

flan

-- Edited by flan327 on Tuesday 15th of March 2016 08:46:36 PM

I did.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Ohfour wrote:
flan327 wrote:
Of course, you're buying a house & paying cash...

flan
We paid cash for the lake house and the other property we bought there.

Of course you did!

flan

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Ohfour wrote:
flan327 wrote:
How many people buy a house and pay cash?

flan

-- Edited by flan327 on Tuesday 15th of March 2016 08:46:36 PM
I did.

My point stands.

flan

Ohfour · Hooker

flan327 wrote:
Ohfour wrote:
flan327 wrote:
Of course, you're buying a house & paying cash...

flan
We paid cash for the lake house and the other property we bought there.
Of course you did!
flan

I even posted about it when we bought the extra land. I wasnt going to go to sign the papers (I was sick and didnt want to make the drive) but per KY law, if you are married, you cannot own individual property. All real property has to be joint, even when paying cash.

Jealous much?

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Ohfour wrote:
flan327 wrote:
Ohfour wrote:
flan327 wrote:
Of course, you're buying a house & paying cash...

flan
We paid cash for the lake house and the other property we bought there.
Of course you did!
flan
I even posted about it when we bought the extra land. I wasnt going to go to sign the papers (I was sick and didnt want to make the drive) but per KY law, if you are married, you cannot own individual property. All real property has to be joint, even when paying cash.
Jealous much?

Nope.

Bragging much?

flan

Ohfour · Hooker

flan327 wrote:
Ohfour wrote:
flan327 wrote:
Ohfour wrote:
flan327 wrote:
Of course, you're buying a house & paying cash...

flan
We paid cash for the lake house and the other property we bought there.
Of course you did!
flan
I even posted about it when we bought the extra land. I wasnt going to go to sign the papers (I was sick and didnt want to make the drive) but per KY law, if you are married, you cannot own individual property. All real property has to be joint, even when paying cash.
Jealous much?
Nope.
Bragging much?
flan

I asked a question. You are the one that made an issue of it...

Again, something i had posted before...you didnt seem to have an issue with it then.

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

It's bragging to say you paid cash for something?

WYSIWYG · Guru

I just have one question, Ohfour. If you don't mind. How did you carry enough money at one time to purchase property? One of those nifty aluminum briefcases, just an ordinary briefcase, plastic or paper bag from the grocery store, or something else?

I've seen Cutthroat Kitchen and the host carries $100,000 in one of those aluminum cases.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:
It's bragging to say you paid cash for something?

For a HOUSE?

flan

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

flan327 wrote:
Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:
It's bragging to say you paid cash for something?
For a HOUSE?
flan

I don't understand why that is "bragging"? That is just her reality. I have a friend who hires a housecleaner. And, we were just kind of nonchalantly chatting about it at work one day and she walked away and one of the other people said she was "bragging", when in reality, we were just making conversation and it wasn't a brag on her part. So, more affluent people should not be allowed to talk about their lives because it's bragging?

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

flan327 wrote:
How many people buy a house and pay cash?

flan

-- Edited by flan327 on Tuesday 15th of March 2016 08:46:36 PM

More than you think.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Lawyerlady wrote:
flan327 wrote:
How many people buy a house and pay cash?

flan

-- Edited by flan327 on Tuesday 15th of March 2016 08:46:36 PM
More than you think.

Well, they're NOT my friends or co-workers or family.

flan

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

Ohfour wrote:
Lawyerlady wrote:
You can't in Georgia. It's the law.
Even cash transactions?

Yes. Some people will do it themselves, exhange money for a deed, but then they have no protections, they can't get title insurance. That's gambling with a whole lot of money. Georgia law says that handling the conveyance of real property is the practice of law. BUT, because an attorney handles every transaction, unless it's a big commercial deal, there is usually just the one attorney involved.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

flan327 wrote:
Lawyerlady wrote:
flan327 wrote:
How many people buy a house and pay cash?

flan

-- Edited by flan327 on Tuesday 15th of March 2016 08:46:36 PM
More than you think.
Well, they're NOT my friends or co-workers or family.
flan

People relocating from areas with higher cost of living, people downsizing and had enough equity in their prior homes, people who have received inheritances - they sell their family home and have the cash to buy another outright, people who have saved, investors (LOTS of investors).

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

flan327 wrote:
Lawyerlady wrote:
flan327 wrote:
How many people buy a house and pay cash?

flan

-- Edited by flan327 on Tuesday 15th of March 2016 08:46:36 PM
More than you think.
Well, they're NOT my friends or co-workers or family.
flan

Well so what? That doesn't make that bragging? You have food on the table tonight. So if you talk about what you had for dinner does that mean you are bragging because there are some people that don't? Some of you really need to get over your class warfare and jealousy.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

My grandparents did. All of them.

I have an uncle that frequently bought property, all with cash. His wife and kids have it all now since he passed.

Dad has done it.

I haven't bought property but I've bought cars with cash.

It isn't that you walk in with a sack full of stacks.

It's more like a signature and a check, but cash is sometimes immediately handed over.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

Our "cash" transactions are actually wire transfers. If you walk in with a bag of cash (yes, it has happened), I'll send you right back out the door to the bank.

We have to follow reporting requirements.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Yeah, I've seen that as well.

Lindley · Guru

My parents bought their retirement home with cash.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

I have learned something today!

flan

Cheerios4606 · Guru

I pay for my lunches with cash sometimes.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Cheerios4606 wrote:
I pay for my lunches with cash sometimes.

I've been told that I cannot afford to eat out, because I don't allow a server to keep the change from my bill.

flan

huskerbb · Guru

Paying for something with cash doesn't always mean cash bills. It also means that you don't need credit to buy it. You could still write a check. If a car dealer offers a cash discount in lieu of financing, it doesn't mean you have to peel off $100 bills.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

huskerbb wrote:
Paying for something with cash doesn't always mean cash bills. It also means that you don't need credit to buy it. You could still write a check. If a car dealer offers a cash discount in lieu of financing, it doesn't mean you have to peel off $100 bills.

Yes, I understand that, but paying cash for a car wouldn't surprise me the way buying a house does.

flan

Lindley · Guru

My parents sold their home in prime location in California which they owned and move to a state where the real estate wasn't as high as it is in California and the cost of living is cheaper too so they were able to pay cash.