Rigged U.S. Stock Market.... 60 Minutes Exposes Insider High-Speed Traders Who Jump The Line on You?

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5. IMO what really sucks is many of us depend on the stock market for our retirement

For many of us (perhaps most) we depend on 401Ks and IRAs (and therefore the stock market) or else through directly purchasing stocks for our retirement. That has always scared the hell out of me since I view the stock markets as nothing more than a form of legal gambling. I could do everything I'm told I'm supposed to do (get an education, work hard, make my employer rich, invest to save for a retirement) and still end up dead assed broke through no fault of my own thanks to shady crooks like Bernie Madoff or some of these other stock market shysters we're finding out about.