what do we wall greed the day before an indictment? i m afraid recently we ve called it success. the u.s. economy, which used to be the envy of the world, is in the most serious trouble since the great depression. inflation is rising, while the standard of living is declining. there was tremendous inflation, and not much growth. the country was not in a great depression in 1980, but the united states was in the dumps. on wall street, it was cold, gray, wet, and miserable. there was no comfort to be found outside. and for investors, there was not much inside either. the tickers carried almost nothing but bad news. we d come off a terrible decade for investing. people were skeptical of the stock market. it was a very sleepy wall street back then. most economists expect a serious recession, with at least 2 million more americans losing their jobs. i regret to say that we re in the worst economic mess since the great depression. literally from the
hooked on home shopping. i have you down for two of the plush musical bunnies. there are home shopping club parties. like-minded consumers gather together to do what comes naturally. i want four of those bird figurines. you don t have to leave your house, and stuff will come to you. welcome to america. give us 300 more people to call on their credit card right now. if you and enough people will send me $100 immediately, i need some very quick money. go to the phone right now. now! quick talking about saying you believe in god without ever acting on his word. now! faith is an act! in all, there are 1,600 television ministers. of the $1.5 billion grossed annually just three of them pat robertson s, jimmy swag gert s, and jim baker s took in $500 million. the primetime preachers say they need the money to stay on the air, and they need to stay on the air to raise money.
quick talking about saying you believe in god without ever acting on his word. now. faith is an act! in all, there are 1,600 television ministers. of the $1.5 billion grossed annually, just three of them, pat robertson s, jimmy swaggert s and jim bakker s, took in close to $500 million. the primetime preachers say they need the money to stay on the air, and they need to stay on the air to raise money. money for the kind of electronic equipment any network would be proud to own. i believe god wants us in the next 30 days to have every one of these bills paid in full, and ptl can live if we pay our bills. we can pay the bills if we would all just do something. as televangelism grows, jim bakker, is the one that truly gets it. he understands that preaching on television is not just about standing up and giving a fire and brimstone speech. he understands in the age of television, the johnny carson approach to televangelism, being more intimate, showing your
the primetime preachers say they need the money to stay on the air, and they need to stay on the air to raise money. money for the kind of electronic equipment any network would be happy to own. i believe god wants us in the next 30 days to have every one of these bills paid in full, and ptl can live if we pay our bills. we can pay the bills if we would all just do something. as televangelism grows, jim bakker, is the one that truly gets it. he understands that preaching on television is not just about standing up and giving a fire and brimstone speech. he understands in the age of television, the johnny carson approach to televangelism, being more intimate, showing your lifestyle and your beautiful family, is what brings people in. and he s a brilliant entrepreneur and a brilliant salesman of himself. ptl. and here are jim and tammy! their appeal is powerful. last year, a million people responded to the bakkers constant request for money. how many do you have right
swaggert s and jim bakker s, took in $500 million. the primetime preachers say they need the money to stay on the air, and they need to stay on the air to raise money. money for the kind of electronic equipment any network would be happy to own. i believe god wants us in the next 30 days to have every one of these bills paid in full, and ptl can live if we pay our bills. we can pay the bills if we would all just do something. as televangelism grows, jim bakker, is the one that truly gets it. he understands that preaching on television is not just about standing up and giving a fire and brimstone speech. he understands in the age of television, the johnny carson approach to televangelism, being more intimate, showing your lifestyle and your beautiful family, is what brings people in. and he s a brilliant entrepreneur and a brilliant salesman of himself. ptl. and here are jim and tammy! their appeal is powerful. last year, a million people responded to the bakkers consta