Who steals my purse steals trash . . . 'twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands,' said the Bard. It is a pity this philosophy has not commended itself to the former clients of CA Pacific.
It is no doubt a terrible thing to be the client of a failed company. There should and will be delighted inquiries made as to what went wrong and what assets remain for distribution among the creditors.
One wonders, though, how so many people who claim to have lost their life savings can find the time to demonstrate for hours in Central, blocking the traffic and obstructing people who still have to work for a living.
Have these people no jobs? Or have they decided, as well they might, that brow-beating the SAR Government is likely to be more lucrative than engaging in some more conventional way of earning money to replace their losses? I do not seek to minimise the investors' plight in any way. He jests at scars, as the old saying goes, who never felt a wound.
I am sure it is extremely unpleasant and disappointing to lose money in this way.
Having said that, it is difficult to see why this particular group has jumped to the conclusion that it is entitled not only to sympathy, but to help from public funds.