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  • What Happens When You Lend Money To Poor People

    So right after the Bear Stearns funds blew up, I had a thought: This is what happens when you lend money to poor people.

    Don't get me wrong: I have nothing personally against the poor. To my knowledge, I have nothing personally to do with the poor at all. It's not personal when a guy cuts your grass: that's business. He does what you say, you pay him. But you don't pay him in advance: That would be finance. And finance is one thing you should never engage in with the poor. (By poor, I mean anyone who the SEC wouldn't allow to invest in my hedge fund.)

    That's the biggest lesson I've learned from the subprime crisis. Along the way, as these people have torpedoed my portfolio, I had some other thoughts about the poor. I'll share them with you.


    Bloomberg.com: Opinion

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    Oh my and I thought I had no tact....What on earth makes someone willing to spout totally Politically Incorrect ideas (some even untrue) online...do people really like hate mail?

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