[TheForge] YAK- who really runs the country

Andy Vida [email protected]
Mon Dec 8 23:19:18 2003


"David E. Smucker" wrote:
> 
> 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.

	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.
> 
> 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...