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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
“I do not deny that what happened to us is a thing worth laughing at. But it is not worth telling, for not everyone is sufficiently intelligent to be able to see things from the right point of view.”
Cervantes, Don Quixote

Jeff      Miller
“Andrew Mellon served as an officer or director for more than 160 corporations. In 1913, he and his brother established the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research, which later merged with the Carnegie Institute of Technology to become Carnegie Mellon University. During the First World War, he served on the board of the American Red Cross and other organizations supporting America’s wartime efforts. In 1921, President Warren G. Harding appointed Andrew Mellon to secretary of the treasury, and he continued as such under both Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover. As secretary, Mellon was a pioneer of supply-side economics, cutting tax rates in order to spur investment and”
Jeff Miller, The Bubble Gum Thief

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
“Hunger is the best sauce in the world.”
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quixote

Jeff      Miller
“As secretary, Mellon was a pioneer of supply-side economics, cutting tax rates in order to spur investment and economic”
Jeff Miller, The Bubble Gum Thief

Jeff      Miller
“growth, while slashing the national debt by more than 30 percent. Throughout most of his tenure, the nation enjoyed unparalleled prosperity, and his public service and numerous philanthropic endeavors made him a beloved national figure. As Time magazine later noted, he was widely considered the “greatest secretary of the treasury since Alexander Hamilton.” And then the stock market crashed in 1929. Mellon resigned from office in 1931, and Hoover lost reelection two years later. After taking office, Franklin Delano Roosevelt drew up a list of enemies and scapegoats. Mellon topped the list. FDR demanded that the IRS audit Mellon’s tax returns.”
Jeff Miller, The Bubble Gum Thief

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