Don't know if this is true or not, but if it is, I like Good old President Harry even more than I did.


Subject: Harry Truman



>> DO NOT MISS THE LAST SENTENCE. IT IS PRICELESS.

>> President Truman -
>> When President Truman retired from office in 1952, his
>> income was essentially 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.'
>>
>> Today, some Presidents and many in Congress 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 one time 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.'