"Conservative values: The Republican unicorn.
You can define it, even draw pictures of it."
That's the problem...neither party observes conservative values any more. Those values are...used to be, at least...low taxes, small government, self-reliance, personal responsibility, close knit family units, observing the Constitution (including states' rights, etc. etc.
A true conservative is disgusted with the nanny state we've become. Thanks LBJ and just about every president since.
Where are ya' when we need ya', Harry?
"What happened to Harry Truman after the
presidency--very interesting!
Harry Truman, from Missouri , was a different kind of Ppesident. He probably made as many important decisions regarding our nation's history as any of the other 42 Presidents. However, a measure of his greatness may rest on what he did after he left the White House. Historians have written that the only asset he had when he died was the house he lived in, which was in
Independence , Missouri . On top of that, his wife inherited the house from her Mother.
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 were no Secret Service agents 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.'
He never owned his own home and 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.
Good old Harry Truman was correct when he
observed, 'My choices early 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'
