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Subject: Re: Re: economy
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Date: Wed, 10-Oct-84 17:34:58 EDT
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> >How, just how, can
> >someone justify spending one million dollars to gain a two year
> >seat in Congress?  
> 	
> 	Gee, I don't know why.  Maybe a commitment to public service?
> Certainly NOT for the money -- it is quite easy to show that many of
> them could make more money in private industry.  

One word -- POWER. (The ultimate aphrodesiac, as Henry Kissenger once said...)

	Wayne