James Veitch Quotes
Most scams are absurd - so absurd that one wonders how anyone falls for them at all; yet if no one falls for them, how do the scammers make money?
Veitch, James. Dot Con: The Art of Scamming a Scammer. Cassell, 2015.
The General defended the legality of a military man to lie to Congress if so ordered by his superiors:
The States sold bonds to finance the Revolutionary War. Some states had better prospects for redeeming their bonds than others. Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina in particular had poorer prospects than most and their bonds were selling at about 25 cents on the dollar. Alexander Hamilton, then the Secretary of the Treasury, wanted the new Federal government to assume the state’s war debt and pay off the bonds. He made his proposal for how he would accomplish this on January 14, 1790. He delivered his report and proposal to Congress “Report on the Public Credit”. As soon as Hamilton’s proposal was read in Congress, sophisticated speculators set off for the Southern States to buy up as many bonds as they could before the owners found out that a Federal bail-out was under serious consideration. They could easily double, triple or even quadruple their money. To Jackson this was gross immorality. Other representatives had a different point of view. See {619928} & {619939}.
The States sold bonds to finance the Revolutionary War. Some states had better prospects for redeeming their bonds than others. Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina in particular had poorer prospects than most and their bonds were selling at about 25 cents on the dollar. Alexander Hamilton, then the Secretary of the Treasury, wanted the new Federal government to assume the state’s war debt and pay off the bonds. He made his proposal for how he would accomplish this on January 14, 1790. He delivered his report and proposal to Congress “Report on the Public Credit”. As soon as Hamilton’s proposal was read in Congress, sophisticated speculators set off for the Southern States to buy up as many bonds as they could before the owners found out that a Federal bail-out was under serious consideration. They could easily double, triple or even quadruple their money. To Jackson this was gross immorality. Other representatives had a different point of view. See {619928} & {619929}.
At the time of this article there was noting illegal in most states about some third party with no connection with a candidate or a campaign whatsoever, to describe a candidate and his/her opposition and just like a campaign in a direct-mail solicitation, ask for funds to help the candidate win. They just pocked the money and never help the candidate. In the most egregious cases the same outfit send solicitations to Democrats and Republicans for the SAME contest with different appeals so they can deceptively collect money from supports of both candidates and help neither—only enrich themselves. Scare tactics, like saying an opponent wants to reduce Social Security benefits or increase Medicare charges, are particularly difficult to identify as so much right wing direct mail uses scare tactics the raise funds for campaigns. The left does also, but not as frequently adn they are not as good at it.
James Veitch is an English comedian. He has mostly been known for his humorous interactions with the authors of scam emails (known as scam baiting) using slideshows and video effects. In September 2020, Veitch was the subject of more than a dozen allegations of rape and sexual assault.
