myfreespeech's Blog

> 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. 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. To day, many in Congress also have found a way > to become quite wealthy while enjoying the fruits of their offices. > Political offices 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