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Last Week Tonight

Aug 18, 2016
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From this past week, this is just a great segment with John Oliver on Last Week Tonight.  Just absolutely wonderful -- though not for the reason you might expect.  The subject is companies that buy debt, and how insidious the practice is.  I'm twix-and-between trying to decide whether or not to explain what makes this so great...but I think I'm going to pass.  That will make it all the more dramatic.  The segment is long, about 20 minutes, but all terrific.  ​But here's the bone I'll toss:  if you only want to hear the part that really makes it quite special -- and absolutely wonderful -- you can jump forward to the 17-minute mark.  Just know, if you do that, that he spent the previous 17 minutes shredding the debt-buying industry that often preys on people when many of them are at their most vulnerable.



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