That's just silly. Of course there will be crooks in any profession but Most of Wall Street is not crooked. Most are hard working people doing a job or service the way it should be done. As far as shorts, of course some abuse the system but most of the shorts are from real investors and funds that see real problems and either see an opportunity or just hedging their position. Saying that most are crooked is like saying most people are murders just because there is murders in the world. A couple bad seeds doesn't make a corrupt system. As it has been proved over and over again, it seems to be the crooked CEO that have caused more problems then shorting has ever caused.