9.26.2006

How's That Workin' Out For You?

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6 comments:

greta said...

Insurance will cover the costs of the settlement and Dr. Phil McGraw will have no personal obligation to contribute to the fund.

mzchief said...

Amazing!
All a "reasonable" person need do is take a look at Dr. Phil to realize that either his diet program was BOGUS or he was too dense to use his OWN products.

WHY would ANYONE believe a DOUGHY television talk show host had the cure for fat?

Anonymous said...

Step #1 Dr. Phil offers fraudulent product.

Step #2 300,000 consumers purchase the product for $100 each

Step #3 Dr. Phil recieves $30 million in revenue with net profits of $23 million

Step #4 300,000 consumers determine product to be fraudulent

Step #5 One law firm stokes a precious 50 of the 300,000 consumers into a smoldering frenzy with promises of a huge payout.

Step #6 Law firm begins national ad campaign through which an additional 100,000 clients are added to the original precious 50

Step #7 Class Action is achieved

Step #8 Dr. Phil "lawyers up"

Step #9 Negotiations begin.

Step #10 Resolution attained.

Of the $23 million profit, Dr. Phil must pay his lawyers a whopping $1 million. An additional $10.8 million is turned over to the class action law firm. The law firm pays the advertising expense of $1.5 million leaving a balance of $9.3 million. Lawyer fees total $8 million which leaves $1.3 million to be divided among the 100,050 consumers of the suit. Each participant of the suit recieves $13 from their original $100.

Dr. Phil makes $11.2 million
Dr. Phil's lawyers make $1 million
Class Action lawyers make $8 million.

We call that the American Dream.

Anonymous said...

It's "how's that working for ya," not "how's that working OUT for ya."

I love Dr. Phil, but hey...nobody's perfect.

Anonymous said...

Hey fat people, quit eating so much.

Anonymous said...

5:48 is right - quit eating so much.

America "feeds" on folks with impulsive behaviors. Even lawyers get their "slice" of it......

Keeps them in business.