I hear ya brother. I just don't have much sympathy for anyone who has made millions upon millions in their careers, and now have nothing. I can't understand how that happens. I am far from the brightest crayon in the box but I could guarantee that I could make a million dollars last a lifetime......and these guys had multi-millions????

Steve-O: Please understand that not all of Mr. Madoff's investors were aware of being a "Madoff Investor". More than a few elderly widows knew only that their husbands handled the family finances and that he or, upon his death, the estate administrator continued to make investments with the same shadow investment firms of many many years. Generally, these investors were far from the six-figure income level that fill the headlines. Far from it. It was only after Mr. Madoff's mea culpa that the true extent of his fraud became known to these individuals at the very far end of the financial food chain. As for Mr. Dykstra's financial issues, I am sorry to hear of his difficulties but I'm more concerned with the sanity of the potential purchaser of his home. That must be one heck of a ego to carry around at $24 million. Just an opinion.