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To: Jeff Chandler
Billionaires can't do it. The Hunt brothers tried to manipulate the silver market and screwed up. IIRC they lost billions in the effort and got investigated. Our economy is so much bigger than individual billionaires they really can't do it.

But if government tries to mess with a billionaire...

DK
10 posted on 11/12/2003 12:59:51 AM PST by Dark Knight
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To: Dark Knight
I thought I heard somewhere that he messed with the pound, and with some Indonesian currency, and got away with it?
12 posted on 11/12/2003 1:05:33 AM PST by Jeff Chandler ("You're it!")
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