Bernard Madoff, A Con Man for Our Times
The New York con is reminiscent of history's notorious art forgers
Perhaps if Bernard Madoff had taken Jim Cramer to the cleaners instead of Elie Wiesel, he'd be a more popular figure right now—an amusing guest invited to share witty aperçus on "The Daily Show," while Jon Stewart scapegoats the media for problems too large and complex for anyone to understand in their entirety.
But of course, Madoff really did swindle Wiesel, and Yeshiva University, and numerous other charities as well as thousands of ordinary investors. If he's very lucky, perhaps when he gets out of prison around the year 2159, the world will be in a different mood and people might finally be willing to forgive and forget. One tends, however, very seriously to doubt it.
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Reader Comments
Just don't understand!
Bernie Madoff a monster I just don't understand people's thought process. AIG, Goldmen Sach's, etc. they are swindling monsters villians who should be hung at high noon. The people that lost money to Mr. Madoff clearly handed him their money over to him, yes that should have been in good faith that he was telling them the truth but humans are human.
I would never give someone my money, reason people never like to lend money they never usally get it back. If you are will to give someone your money not matter what they tell you or how rosie of a picture they paint, I have to say you are going to get what you deserve. If It sounds to good to be true I pretty sure it is!
On the other hand lying cheating pieces of #^#* like the execs. at AIG take my hard earned tax dollars for bailouts and then payout bonous with my money all of these bailouts these are the low lifes that should be put in jail for life.
Not the man who asked for something and got he just asked and all people had to say was no.......
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