Years ago, when we were in Costa Rico, I had a conversation with a local about politicians. He told me that in Central and South America, people get elected and during their tenure, they get rich. We were looking at the house of a past president. The house was big. My eyes were big. He also said that he had read that in the US, this did not happen. I agreed with him and gave hime a couple of examples such as Truman and Eisenhower who were both definitely not rich when they left office.
I had been wondering how our soon to be ex-president could afford to buy an expensive house in Kalorama, in NW Washington. Then I read on the internet that both of the Obamas are multi millionaires, and they got their money during the 8 years when they were in the White House. How did this happen? No one seems to know the answer but I am still wondering.
Our pattern has always been to get successful, then go into politics. Both the Clintons and the Obamas prove me wrong. Maybe we are becoming a banana republic after all.
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