Absolutely !!! EDS
MBran89793@aol.com wrote:
> Does this qualify as a Friday Funnies?
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> Subject: FW: Harry S. Truman GREAT President!
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> When President Truman retired from office in 1952, his income was
> substantially a U.S. Army pension reported to have been $13,507.72 a
> year. Congress, noting that he was paying for his stamps and personally
> licking them, granted him an "allowance" and, later, a retroactive pension
> of $25,000 per year.
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> When offered corporate positions at large salaries, he
> declined, stating, "You don't want me. You want the office of the
> president, and that doesn't belong to me. It belongs to the American
> people and it's not for sale." Even later, on May 6, 1971, when Congress
> was preparing to award him the Medal of Honor on his 87th birthday, he
> refused to accept it, writing, "I don't consider that I have done anything
> which should be the reason for any award, Congressional or otherwise."
>
> We now see that the Clintons have found a new level of success in
> cashing in on the presidency, resulting in untold wealth. Today, many in
> Congress also have found a way to become quite wealthy while enjoying
> the fruits of their offices. Politicaloffices are now for sale.
>
> Was good old Harry Truman correct when he observed, "My choice early
> in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician. And
> to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference. I, for one, believe the
> piano
> player job to be much more honorable than current politicians".
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