The message will certainly be clear enough. People who felt as if they had money to burn, and who proceeded to burn it. Don't get me wrong. I'm not against the empowerment of the individual in as many matters pertaining to their well-being as possible. But there are some areas of life that are better left to the experts.
Medical surgery is one, lighting cigars is another.
And if I am to go right out on a limb, I would have to say that stock-market investment is definitely in this category. For anyone who wants to challenge this notion, you should first take a trip down to the south of the island. Talk to people sitting on street corners about what impact the Great Crash of Feb. 1990 had on their lives. You might feel differently. It's not that they're starving.