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To: Ilaine who wrote (19028)	5/17/2002 10:04:30 AM
From: smolejv@gmx.net	Respond to of 74559

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To: Ilaine who wrote (19028)	5/17/2002 11:18:42 AM
From: portage	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

>>If you are careful, and you still get screwed, and it was fraud, sue the bastards. Thanks, but I'd prefer not to have to. Apparently a lot of the "best" on Wall Street didn't do their homework either, and got fooled by the unregulated anything goes shenanigans of the stock options pumpers. Go ahead and tell me that the little guy trying to make ends meet and relying on these 'experts' should keep all his money in cash cause you just can't trust them. I didn't get burned by any of this personally, but it's unhealthy for the system when it goes to such extremes. It's not just me I'm concerned about, I can take care of myself, thank you. What happens to the rest of society affects me eventually. And I'm not just talking about investments. Great, if my family dies in a tire blowout rollover, I'll sue them and feel better. Prudent safeguards prevent unnecessary lawsuits, which however are a necessary last resort. What I can't stand is all the people who set up these false choices of "we're either complete free marketeers or communists/useless bureaucrats". You Go Enron. A bit of an exaggeration, but I'll stick with the sensible center, no matter that it's imperfect as ever. It trounces the alternatives.