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Jazzo, you are, I believe, correct in the main in your belief that it's either difficult or impossible to get really rich out of politics. But I just finished reading in the latest Smithsonian magazine, which I received today, an article about William Marcy Tweed, the infamous Boss who ran New York, through Tammany Hall, for years. He made enormous amounts of money for himself and his cronies, all by means which depended on political position and power, but not necessarily high positions (which he never held). I believe we are going to find out more about modern money making through political contact with the Enron scandal. We may find that there are more people making big bucks through politics than we thought possible. The Tweed article shows how large sums can be gathered from almost insignificant offices or positions. I beleive there was a minor scandal some time ago having to do with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and that there are huge sums involved in a lawsuit now going on.
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