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[lfalen]

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Sent: Friday, June 22, 2012 11:10 AM

Subject: FW: Harry & Bess

 

I usually do not send anything political, but this was sent to me by a
good friend Louise Nelson, and it is too good to not pass along!

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Will we ever see this again?

 




Thought you'd enjoy this!

 

Harry & Bess


Harry Truman was a different kind of President. He probably made as
many, or more important decisions regarding our nation's history as any
of the other 32 Presidents preceding him or the 11 who followed.
However, a measure of his greatness may rest on what he did after he
left the White House.

The only asset he had when he died was the house he lived in, which was
in Independence Missouri .. His wife had inherited the house from her
mother and father and other than their years in the White House, they
lived their entire lives there.

When he retired from office in 1952 his income was 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.

After President Eisenhower was inaugurated, Harry and Bess drove home to
Missouri by themselves. There was no Secret Service following them.

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."

As president he paid for all of his own travel expenses and food.

Modern politicians 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. Political offices are now for sale (cf. Illinois ).

Good old Harry Truman was correct when he observed, "My choices in life
were either to be a piano player in a whore house or a politician. And
to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference!"

I say dig him up and clone him!




 

	 

	 

	 

	 

	 

 

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