Samantha Bee Explains Short Selling (VIDEO)

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Since the economic downturn, everyone has been talking about short-selling, a practice that bets on the failure of American institutions. It has been of particular interest to those who blame it for devaluing companies and putting people out of their jobs. But how does it work?

Samantha Bee answered that question for us last night in her "Money Honey Bee" segment and ended up making this analogy about the practice to a short-seller:

"Just because you robbed the grave, doesn't mean you killed the guy."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/17/samantha-bee-explains-sho_n_175624.html

[Gin]

1. this makes me ill.....the idea they can ruin a company and it is good

makes me sick...and it's all legal. Business owners and stock holders have no recourse.

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2. I say it has to stop and now and detest the smug look on these people's faces...

for ruining futures; it's easy to see where this wall street shit went crazy