TrollingGr mowi:

Dec 29, 2011 - And that's how banks work. Imagine how good their scheme is, their returns look realistic and that it is still going!

nitronick389 mowi:

Dec 30, 2011 - Took the words out of my mouth.

kxmode mowi:

Dec 30, 2011 - I don't play the stock market and I'm too dumb to understand commodities trading, the FOREX, and other non-stock trading markets... so I put my money in a Morningstar 5-star rated mutual fund. I'll let the manager handle all that crap for me. :)

kxmode mowi:

Dec 30, 2011 - I don't have a property large enough to hold 10,000 bucks.

kxmode mowi:

Dec 30, 2011 - Every year I get a newsletter from the SS Administration showing my payment history and how much I can expect to make when I retire. There's just one catch. SSI is based on money actually set aside for retirement purposes. We all know this doesn't happen. What the SSA really does is takes the money they receive then send checks to current retirees. SS still keeps sending me those annual newsletters telling me lies about what I can expect to receive when I retire. AFAIK this IS a Ponzi scheme.

34531396 mowi:

Jan 9, 2012 - Bernie made off with all the money :D lol

iskaksen mowi:

Jan 13, 2012 - Trollfinancing!

marciukas23 mowi:

Feb 3, 2012 - real business can be built around that actualy is built

senoner90 mowi:

Feb 17, 2012 - what if the investor wants the $20,000 after one year, what's the Ponzi schemer gonna do?

falubii mowi:

Feb 26, 2012 - He's screwed.

420HoLLyWooD420 mowi:

Feb 26, 2012 - That is how banks, the American government, and credit agencies work. It shouldn't be illegal. Its ingenious.

BorderlinePimp mowi:

Feb 26, 2012 - lol

Bjornlovesjazz mowi:

Feb 28, 2012 - Calling Social Security a ponzischeme is not right! Ponzi and Madoff acually had to convince their victims to invest in them and do all the work to keep up appearances. The gov't just points guns and extorts the money from you but i guess the politicians do a good job at selling that crap to the public. With a ponzischeme you can choose to participate, with SS you can't.

KillaNinja0 mowi:

Mar 9, 2012 - theres an add video just above this one when you type in ponzi scheme that takes you to its channel, talks a ball of crap and doesnt allow me to dislike or comment on it. its communism i tells ya!

tomramey mowi:

Mar 21, 2012 - @kahnacademy This situation seems similar to how the stock market works as a whole. What is the line that is drawn between a Ponzi scheme and the stock exchange? My understanding is that when I take money out on a stock, I am getting that money from a newly convinced buyer.

UnconventionalFIN mowi:

Mar 24, 2012 - You said that there might be a larger Ponzi Scheme out there than Medoff's. Well I know what it is. It is the US National Debt. The US Government borrows money, and then to pay of the principal and interest, they borrow more money. That seems like a Ponzi Scheme to me. Am I right Sal?

GrenEggz mowi:

Apr 3, 2012 - This sounds like Social Security, but with the baby boomers we will have more money coming out than in.

TheBrawlmastah mowi:

Apr 20, 2012 - returns are realistic from loans they dont just seem realistic

zakkyboy98 mowi:

May 18, 2012 - Wow ur better then Wikipedia