[TheForge] YAK- who really runs the country

Mon Dec 8 19:02:21 2003

And how did George Washington get his money?  He married it.

He of course he did a lot to increase their money, but it never hurts to
marry a rich widow.

Now I wasn't that smart.

Dave Smucker

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ries Niemi" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 2:16 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] YAK- who really runs the country

>
> On Monday, December 8, 2003, at 08:25 AM, Lynn Emrich wrote:
>
> > Don't forget that our country is run by lawyers!
>
> Actually this is not really true any more- if it ever was.
> The country is run by millionaires. Most of both the senate and house
> are millionaires, and many are not lawyers. Some of them are actually
> used car salesman, who did good. The president, vice president, and
> secretaries of most everything are millionaires. Going to Law school
> actually requires hard work and studying- I know, because, after my
> youngest sibling started school, my mother went back to law school. She
> had to work very hard. A certain unnamed person who holds the highest
> post in the land could never have passed those tests.
>
> It costs 5-10 million to be a senator now. You either have, or borrow
> it. You borrow it by making promises to those who do have it.
> Lawyers make a convenient target for the millionaires to wave in front
> of us, but they are really mostly just employees.
>
> Just remember who America's first millionaire was- the first american
> citizen to be worth a million dollars- thats right, George Washington.
> The more things change, the more they stay the same.
>
> ries
>
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