Harry & Bess

  WE  WILL NEVER SEE THIS HAPPEN AGAIN........

   
   BUT MAYBE THIS  IS THE WAY IT SHOULD BE....  
  
     

 
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 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.  (sic. 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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       Enjoy life now-it has an expiration date!