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Dec. 7th, 2012 10:46 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
p_h_lee"Many of the Jews who immigrated to America had been socialists, trade-union activists, or otherwise committed to the Left in their native lands, and those family traditions have sometimes perpetuated themselves."
Just as a note. My grandfather was apprenticed to a business owner in Germany. Then opened his own business in Italy after being driven out. When he arrived in America he again started his own business and became quite wealthy.
He had a saying "no one ever got poor paying taxes."
He was happy for a chance to contribute to American society. Politically he was all over the map but the modern anti-tax rhetoric runs exactly contrary to his values.
If you'd like the full context, google the quote. Warning for massively racist.
Just as a note. My grandfather was apprenticed to a business owner in Germany. Then opened his own business in Italy after being driven out. When he arrived in America he again started his own business and became quite wealthy.
He had a saying "no one ever got poor paying taxes."
He was happy for a chance to contribute to American society. Politically he was all over the map but the modern anti-tax rhetoric runs exactly contrary to his values.
If you'd like the full context, google the quote. Warning for massively racist.
