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ewagner

(18,964 posts)
6. Hmmmm....triggered memory of Huey Long
Sun Jun 27, 2021, 08:58 AM
Jun 2021

According to legend, Huey Long was the most corrupt Governor in LA history...he demanded from his employees/appointees a monthly deduction from their paycheck to his campaign fund or, maybe just for whatever he wanted to do with it.

He would (so they say) personally come around on payday and have his appointees/employees deposit CASH in "the deduct box"

I wouldn't find it hard to believe that Trump had a similar mechanism to gather a portion of the salaries his appointees got from their public jobs.

Trump acted like a hog with his snout in the public trough....

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