[TheForge] YAK- who really runs the country
Andy Vida
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Mon Dec 8 23:19:18 2003
"David E. Smucker" wrote:
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> And how did George Washington get his money? He married it.
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> He of course he did a lot to increase their money, but it never hurts to
> marry a rich widow.
That's easy. Donald Trump inherited $43M from his father.
That he made the fortune he has isn't that big a deal when
your seed capital is that large.
I suspect more than a few people could do nearly as well
were they to be so endowed and so motivated.
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> Now I wasn't that smart.
I knew a girl named Janice at UC Davis. She was a sweetheart
and from a very wealthy family. Woulda could shoulda...