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Old 03-06-2008, 02:01 PM  
Barefootsies
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The average person has zero clue about the financial/ investment world and NO desire to pull the fork out of their mouth or turn on off the TV for a moment in order to learn.

They get their daily dose of reality from CNBC and that is why they are fucked.
Agreed.

Which is why the premise of eliminating social security, and having all these "winners" managing their OWN affairs is a hilarious premise.

If this country wanted to move to something like that, you can start by teaching high school students about finances. Credit cards, bank loans, credit score, etc. Then maybe in a few generations people could handle it.

Maybe.
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