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The STRUCTURED SETTLEMENTS 4REAL® Blog is a highly regarded source for structured settlement news, information, and commentary, led by structured settlement and settlement planning subect mater expert John Darer CLU ChFC MSSC CeFT RSP CLTC. With two decades of operation, the blog and 4structures.com are recognized as comprehensive resources, offering detailed guides and specialized insights. Established in 2005, the blog caters to a broad audience, including legal professionals, injured individuals, families, and various stakeholders, providing reviews and opinions on settlement planning. John Darer, President of 4structures.com LLC, is a seasoned structured settlement expert with over 40 years of financial services experience and 31 years specializing in structured settlements. Based in Stamford, CT, he is a Certified Financial Transitionist and Registered Settlement Planner, holding insurance licenses in 45 states and the District of Columbia. John Darer is dedicated to transparency and advocacy, he emphasizes the importance of engaging trained and licensed professionals for settlement planning, offering valuable insights through his investigative journalism and professional commentary.

“The Altar of Syndication Shadenfreude: Unemployment TV Commercials”

by John Darer CLU ChFC CSSC RSP

Discussing "Unemployment TV", Kenneth Nichols "mugs" the structured settlement secondary market's cash now pushers.

"These commercials appeal to the viewer’s sense of unfairness in contemporary society.  Peachtree’s ad features disappointed people going to their mailboxes and finding them empty.  The actors and actresses riding a bus in another spot provide the underlying belief: “It’s my money and I need it now!”  The latter evokes perhaps the most potent recent depiction of frustration with modern society: Sidney Lumet’s 1976 film, Network.  Instead of being “mad as hell” about the degradation of American public discourse, the daytime TV demographic can be successfully motivated by appealing to their mere impatience, no matter the potential repercussions for a society unwilling to wait".  (emphasis ours)

A fun read …With Our Help, You Can Have It All: The Depressing Rhetoric of Unemployment TV’s Commercials Kenneth Nichols September 15, 2011

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