[BobL]

“I’m pretty sure they went to jail for self dealing or stealing funds. Doesn’t mean they preferred to make losing rather than winning investments.”

And rightly so. But that doesn’t take away from my point that once the government stopped watching and regulating these guys that they would IMMEDIATELY go into scamming mode.

(and by the way, feel free to look at the rest of my posts, some 12000, you’ll see that I’m far from a big-government liberal).

[Toddsterpatriot]

But that doesn’t take away from my point that once the government stopped watching and regulating

Which guys did the government stop watching? When? Are we still talking about the S&L mess? Or the more recent mess?

that they would IMMEDIATELY go into scamming mode.

What scams? Could you be more specific?

I didn't get a big-gov lib vibe from you.