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Melon

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21. Ill gotten ponzy...huh? You mean investment returns.

Thu Jun 4, 2026, 10:40 AM

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I’m sure people have said that for 100 years.
You would be yelling at cars from your wagon in 1908. Yelling at the clouds today.

You can invest in others success and get a return on it or become that success and start your own business. Then sell shares but I guess then you are the head of the ponzi scheme.

You are losing money sitting in cash. You can invest and at some point make more in interest than you need to live. Then you retire.

Or work until you’re dead. Whatever.

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