SHORTCHANGE, You surprise me how you are letting this get to you. At lot more than us bought his properties and continue to finance his lifestyle.
And a lot more will continue to do so, and not for just Lumb.
But, this is life, the masses are always paying for the lifestyles of the few.
Problem is, people do not use, and expand, their reasoning beyongd the narrow. Like viewing a painting, they stand too close to the picture and therefore do not see the whole in perspective.
We get so easly hung up on one small part, that we miss all the others that would give us a better insight in to how our world is run.
No one wonders how Moscow, the capital of a nation that was under communism so long, and where people, even in the professions, like doctors, worked for a pittance so long, has more young' billionaires than any other world city.
How did they do it? By taking advantage of a system which has the philosophy of ' the world looks up to wealth and power, and looks down on poverty and the meek and mild. They say that it is a sheeps destiny to be fleeced.
When you make your pile and are wandering the beaches of the world, no one gives a damn how you made it - and you can always fake your story.
If you are going to get hung up on this one guy, and your misfortune in this one error, you are going to miss other opportunities coming up in the markets. And there are MANY.
Go the BIG CHARTS and you will find many companies you could have doubled your investment in twelve months, in some cases - six months. The Dow has recovered and surpassed all it lost in the 2000 collapse - and by 2000 points. The NASDAQ has been in an uptrend since the early collapse and its nadir around 9/11
The opportunities are there, no one forces us swim in the 'pink
pool'.
If the Lumbs of this world (and there are many) bother you, and you are deeply religious, and live by the book, you can alwys console yourself by saying that you will get your rewards in heaven. And, that such as Lumb, and all the corrupt, will burn in the fires of Hell.
