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Default Looking out for the wealthiest 2%

On Sun, 18 Apr 2010 20:40:17 -0400, wrote:

On Sun, 18 Apr 2010 17:21:23 -0400, bpuharic wrote:

You still didn't answer the question, why didn't you allocate your
401k into the safer low return low risk government security basket?


because the free market fundamentalists on wall street said they were
infallible...just like you say they are...and i work for a living so
dont have the time to babysit wall street


The choice was simple, if you wanted a low risk investment it was
available.


it wasn't a matter of 'low risk'. it was a matter of growth in an
unregulated, free market which milton friedman, alan greenspan and
other free market fundies said was a certainty.