YOU WILL NEVER SEE A MAN LIKE THIS AGAIN
Thought you'd enjoy this.
It's one you want your children and grandchildren to read.
They won't believe this happened, but it did.
Harry & Bess
(This seems unreal.)
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 42 presidents preceding him. 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 per 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
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!
It's one you want your children and grandchildren to read.
They won't believe this happened, but it did.
Harry & Bess
(This seems unreal.)
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 42 presidents preceding him. 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 per 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
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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