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BUMPED2002
07/26/20 2:18:10 PM
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I am amazed at the number of people who are willing to cheat and steal in order to become wealthy and I am even more amazed at how friggin' gullible Americans are with their money.

People just invest in all kinds of mutual funds, stocks etc without researching the funds or the people running them hoping to get a 6 figure payday then some shady shyster dude pretends to be a fund manager etc and he begins to use those people's money in what turns out to be a Ponzi Scheme for his own personal financial gain leaving these people most of whom earn less than $100,000 a year, destitute after wiping out their entire life savings. Sadly, most of these people will never get their money back and some are too old to start over.

Just amazed at how gullible Americans are with their money and even more amazed at the lengths people will go through to get rich and live a lavish lifestyle all at the expense of someone else.

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Zeus
07/26/20 2:23:39 PM
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BUMPED2002 posted...
I am amazed at the number of people who are willing to cheat and steal in order to become wealthy

Really?

BUMPED2002 posted...
People just invest in all kinds of mutual funds, stocks etc without researching the funds or the people running them

This surprises you? Even the people who aren't getting scammed don't pay enough attention to their portfolios.

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BUMPED2002
07/26/20 4:00:10 PM
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Zeus posted...
Really?

This surprises you? Even the people who aren't getting scammed don't pay enough attention to their portfolios.
I am surprised that America has turned into this country in which people now measure their lives based on how many homes, cars, pieces of art etc they own along with how much their net worth is and the people doing the stealing couldn't care one iota about the working class people that they harm with their shenanigans so yeah I am surprised at that and how gullible some people are with their money and how desperate people are to attain wealth.

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Zeus
07/26/20 10:32:09 PM
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BUMPED2002 posted...
I am surprised that America has turned into this country in which people now measure their lives based on how many homes, cars, pieces of art etc they own along with how much their net worth is and the people doing the stealing couldn't care one iota about the working class people that they harm with their shenanigans so yeah I am surprised at that and how gullible some people are with their money and how desperate people are to attain wealth.

Turned into? XD Even before America was a thing, the pursuit of material goods was a thing and people would grift for wealth.

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