Mac1958
Diamond Member
If you are a stock market investor, you have recovered and then some.
And that's the key. I've been advocating forever that multiple comprehensive personal finance courses should be required of everyone before they graduate from college. At LEAST that.
Anyone who was invested in the market and "lost everything" in the Meltdown either had made stupid financial decisions prior to the crash, had panicked when the market dropped, or both. That's where that mean and nasty "personal responsibility" thing comes in, but that notion is merely mocked by many now. Personal responsibility, bad, greedy.
No excuse for someone being in the market "losing everything" in the Meltdown. None. Zero.
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yeah, those little old ladies and pensioners, they weren't all smart investors who spent the whole day reading Forbes.
Dude, seriously, you sound like one of those guys who used to blame rape victims for dressing like sluts.
Yeah, nice. You've essentially become a nasty version of rdean, completely over the top and absolutely impossible to communicate with.
You have no idea how many people have been doing the right thing for years, decades, and have done quite well without being "rich", whatever that term may mean in your warped lexicon. They're comfy and happy and ready for retirement.
If you've messed up your life, that's not their fault.
Stay the victim, Joe. Blame someone else for everything. I actually feel bad for you, but your behavior kinda wipes that away.
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