On that..... I worked for NYC Department of Finance, during this summer as an intern......it was great......although boring.. I did absolutly nothing....I learned absolutely nothing.......I received a nice check every week...... All I did was shread paper....mhhhmhhm...fun And talk about/watched the Yankees....It was great.
Had a roomie that was a firefighter EMT and worked two days a week. Another roomie got paid $65/ hr to work from home at his convenience doing IT stuff.
Sure you mean, raid the FED, take a shot at a couple of boring-looking security guards, get 20 years in max security, get a buddy to fund your anonymous trading account in bermuda and there you go ... plenty of time to burn your cash with no leverage required. Hey on the positive side, you get to play at being a trader for free without even having to join Bright