George Washington
Posted by JTyler Tyler on Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Sorry for not posting the last few days, but I haven't had a chance to.
George Washington, as everyone knows, was the commander of the army during the revolution and was the first president of the country. Different history textbooks and sources describe him as an honorable, just man with extraordinary leadership capabilities. This may be exaggerated a bit in certain American sources of information, but there is a general consensus between the sources that he was a good man.
During the revolution, he was already somewhat wealthy. He wasn't exactly an aristocrat, but he wasn't exactly amongst the common class. He had a large sum of money saved up from careful and intelligent money management.
However, he refused to recieve pay for his efforts. He led the US to victory and independence and fixed many of the problems the nation had from its start (which were many). He didn't recieve pay, unlike carreer politicians (something we shouldn't have at all, and something that wouldn't exist if we got a GRIP). He also set the precedent for serving two terms and warned us about having political parties. He was absolutely right about that one. Look at the US today. Politicians care more about advancing their parties and salaries than they do about advancing me or you...
George Washington, as everyone knows, was the commander of the army during the revolution and was the first president of the country. Different history textbooks and sources describe him as an honorable, just man with extraordinary leadership capabilities. This may be exaggerated a bit in certain American sources of information, but there is a general consensus between the sources that he was a good man.
During the revolution, he was already somewhat wealthy. He wasn't exactly an aristocrat, but he wasn't exactly amongst the common class. He had a large sum of money saved up from careful and intelligent money management.
However, he refused to recieve pay for his efforts. He led the US to victory and independence and fixed many of the problems the nation had from its start (which were many). He didn't recieve pay, unlike carreer politicians (something we shouldn't have at all, and something that wouldn't exist if we got a GRIP). He also set the precedent for serving two terms and warned us about having political parties. He was absolutely right about that one. Look at the US today. Politicians care more about advancing their parties and salaries than they do about advancing me or you...