[TheForge] YAK- who really runs the country

[Aaron Silver]

At 02:16 PM 12/8/2003, you wrote:

>On Monday, December 8, 2003, at 08:25 AM, Lynn Emrich wrote:
>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

Actually, according to the World Features Syndicate his net worth was equal 
to 5 million dollars of today's dollar value. According to the conversions 
I've found that places his 1799 (year he died) value at about $345,000. 
That doesn't quite make him our first millionaire.

Also consider that he served as the Commander of our armies for no pay (at 
a value of $48,000 in 1776 dollar values), and helped supply the troops out 
of his own personal holdings (to a tune of $5,000 per year), which in 
todays dollars would be the equivalent of spending over 1 million dollars 
for the privilege of  serving our country.

Aaron Silver