In George Washington Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, he talks about his big fortune because, he wanted to prove his honesty. Plunkitt undoubtedly received criticism from rival politicians’ questioning the legality of his fortune. This isn’t surprising because when politicians compete for office they will do everything in their power to win the most votes. Even if it means making someone else look bad so that the voters will no long want to vote for him. I believe this is why Plunkitt wanted to prove that he only has honest money, so that others couldn’t slander him. He most likely created his famous distinction between honest and dishonest graft, in response to these opponents.
Unlike today, there were no laws preventing the use of insider information, so at the time he was participating in perfectly legal enterprises.Plunkitt detested rivals claiming he engaged in – as he called it – dishonest graft. Dishonest graft Plunkitt defined as making money by breaking the law, such as embezzling or blackmail. Plunkitt vehemently denied he ever broke the law. Therefore, in his autobiography, he spent a great deal of space proving how he was an honest politician, who never took part in criminal activity.
Once you know what you are looking for, it is not hard at all to invest in good deals. When you can predict the flux of the market in the future, you can invest in property so that you can see it for a far greater price then when you bought it. This is not dishonest in anyway, if you can predict the market so that you can profit, you would be wrong to not take the necessary steps needed to make that profit.
Plunkitt wanted to prove that he was rich because he was being smart. He knew the market, therefore that is how he made his fortune and nobody can say he ever did anything against the law to earn that income.
THANKS for reading this essay I hope you learned something about this person. You should definitely read the book it will be good for you. I’ll see you again soon.
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Gr8 essay xd.
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Lmao thx. You’re essays and posts are gr8 as well
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Thx im oing 2 finish business and english this week and next week im getting a break with wordpress then the following week ill start western civ 1, and english 2. Ill start business 2 and biology in either march april or may. I have 2 finish physical science next. Lol long writng xd, and thats my plan.
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Dang girl! Are’nt you gonna at least take a break from doing school? Like are you srsly gonna start the next grade right after you finish your current grade? You go then. 😊
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Thx xd. Im trying 2 be in 11th grade in august this year
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wait so are you gonna like do 10th grade this summer so you can start 11th in august?
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Yes
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I failed a grade back in elementary and since i was born 2003 im gdtting back where im supposed 2 be
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oh I see so you are supposed to be in 11th but rn you arent and now you’re trying to get there. I see. me and you have something in common lol
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Not rn. Rn im supposed 2 be in 10th then 11th i was born in 9/5/03 so ya
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That’s cool! I when i started kindergarten, I was only 6 at the time plus I didnt know how to speak english so I’m also kinda behind by one grade. But with this curriculum I can go be in the grade i was supposed to be in.
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Lol thats cool. Did u know ihave autism
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no i didn’t know. But that doesnt sound good. If you dont mind me asking but, autism of what?
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Spectrum disorder
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idk what that is but any disorder is not a good thing
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I know
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but is your disorder affecting you in your everyday life, like does this happen every day?
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some times, I have a reading disorder.
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oh i see. Is it really bad at times?
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Yes, when I’m doing a word problem in math
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For your defense I think everyone has problems with something when doing math problems lmao!
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Ok but i forgot 2 give u a suggestion
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alright what’s the suggestion?
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Delete comments on this post if u wanna have a conversation with me go 2 the latest girl chat on talk about anything
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oh ok lol
thx for reminding
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Np
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it’s ok you don’t have to say. I certaintly feel bad that you have that. I’ll talk to you again some time. Have a gr8 break and congrats for almost finishing your current grade!
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Thx and bye
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I just researched what that is, so you have an obsessive attachment to unusual objects, also Repetitive body movements. Is that what you have?
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I mean that isn’t so bad but still, I really feel bad you have that. Nobody likes having disorders or things that their body refuses to do. But you’re a strong and Inspirational girl so you got this and I hope things will turn out good for you.
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