Andrew Tobias — American Journalist born on April 20, 1947,

Andrew Tobias is an American journalist, author, and columnist. His main body of work is on investment, but he has also written on politics, insurance, and other topics. Since 1999, he has been the treasurer of the Democratic National Committee... (wikipedia)

But successful investors tend to be not too self-destructive. They tend to be patient, they tend not to follow the crowd, and they tend not to be too guilty about winning.
You want 21 percent risk free? Pay off your credit cards.
Nobody wants campaign finance reform more than me. It would save me a fortune.
There were no jobs created in America from 1945, when the war ended, through 2003. How could there be? Taxes were too high. Preposterously so under Eisenhower, Kennedy, Nixon, Reagan (who left office with a 28 percent rate on long-term capital gains) and Bush the Elder.
I think a lot of people would rather have more control over their life than less.