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ladelfina · 10-10-2008, 12:01 AM

lets-retire, that's just not true. They call them "con" men because they win one's CONfidence.

CONS happen on all levels to people of all socio-economic backgrounds. It can happen to an individual, to a whole town or a whole country, or even to the whole world (MBSs/CDOs).

Blaming the victim is convenient, and makes you feel better for a little while, but doesn't change the fact that some people and some institutions (both private and public) are predatory.

I take personal exception to the doctor rant.. my dad was an MD, a general surgeon back in the days ('40s/'50s/'60s) when there weren't a lot of $pecialitie$ and doctors were well-off but not super rich, and he accepted "payments" in tomatoes if that's all a person had. His big enemy was INSURANCE COMPANIES.

Try offering your ins. co. some tomatoes and see how far you get.

10-10-2008, 12:01 AM	#7
ladelfina Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 2,713	lets-retire, that's just not true. They call them "con" men because they win one's CONfidence. CONS happen on all levels to people of all socio-economic backgrounds. It can happen to an individual, to a whole town or a whole country, or even to the whole world (MBSs/CDOs). Blaming the victim is convenient, and makes you feel better for a little while, but doesn't change the fact that some people and some institutions (both private and public) are predatory. I take personal exception to the doctor rant.. my dad was an MD, a general surgeon back in the days ('40s/'50s/'60s) when there weren't a lot of $pecialitie$ and doctors were well-off but not super rich, and he accepted "payments" in tomatoes if that's all a person had. His big enemy was INSURANCE COMPANIES. Try offering your ins. co. some tomatoes and see how far you get.