tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13075276.post7365205690551494430..comments2023-06-18T10:13:56.103-04:00Comments on Life Hiker's Trail Diary: Power and Greed, #3Life Hikerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00183254858386081439noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13075276.post-7916202597748462202009-03-16T23:34:00.000-04:002009-03-16T23:34:00.000-04:00Try writing off the United States as one big Ponzi...Try writing off the United States as one big Ponzi Scheme and you'll have more time for golf and less need for quotation marks.Lesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15092310624663760362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13075276.post-2425822867063507602009-03-14T13:30:00.000-04:002009-03-14T13:30:00.000-04:00Remorseful. Yeah, he is super remorseful that he g...Remorseful. Yeah, he is super remorseful that he got caught. <BR/>His "clients" (many, perhaps not all) knew the deal. I am feeling decidedly less sorry for them than some others are. ~ MaryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13075276.post-86903615889876113162009-03-14T06:39:00.000-04:002009-03-14T06:39:00.000-04:00Madoff's "investors" were getting returns of betwe...Madoff's "investors" were getting returns of between 17% and 42%. That should have raised a few eyebrows long ago.<BR/><BR/>It's amazing to me how quickly capitalism imploded once a few regulations were relaxed. It's kind of like the space shuttle: it's an amazing bit of machinery when it works, but if one tiny o-ring springs a leakā¦Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com