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Forum Post: OK how nay of you think Madoff is in jail for trading stock?

Posted 13 years ago on Oct. 13, 2011, 10:19 p.m. EST by ThinMan2 (46)
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[-] 2 points by patriot4change (818) 13 years ago

Ponzi Scheme. Just floating other people's money around in a fake fund... and sending the investors bogus reports of their supposed 'earnings'. I used to do it to my Parents when I was a kid. I could triple my allowance that way.

[-] 1 points by classicliberal (312) 13 years ago

Social Security anyone?

[-] 1 points by patriot4change (818) 13 years ago

Ha! Exactly. Didn't Ron Paul call Social Security a "ponzi scheme" in one of the debates recently?

[-] 1 points by classicliberal (312) 13 years ago

Not sure.... lots of people have made the comparison. It's true. The only difference is Madoff didn't use the power of the government to force the working class into buying into his scheme. He mostly only bilked the rich.

[-] 1 points by patriot4change (818) 13 years ago

I'll accept that. I saw a 20/20 documentary that made a point to summarize the entire Madoff debacle: "When greed meets greed... bad things start to happen."

[-] 0 points by ThinMan2 (46) 13 years ago

Just Checking so many off you don't know all 50 states and such