There are two kinds of people in the world: those who make pies, and those who slice pies. We have fewer and fewer people producing less and less of the things the world needs. We do seem to h ave an infinite number of pie-slicers, however.
As Senator Rose, Lobbying Became Family Affair - New York Times: "...Now the elder Mr. Thompson, who also worked as a lobbyist before and after his eight years in the Senate, is aiming for an even higher post, preparing a run for the Republican presidential nomination. In the folksy drawl that built him a lucrative sideline as a screen actor, Mr. Thompson is presenting himself as a reform-minded outsider taking on Washington, just as he did when he campaigned for the Senate as “Ol’ Fred” the “real live country lawyer,” and cruised Tennessee in a rented red pickup truck.
But the lobbying work that Tony Thompson and another son, Daniel, did after their father won his Senate seat suggests how far the family has traveled from Fred Thompson’s early career. Not only has he parlayed his own political background into a lobbying business — a fact his opponents have seized on to challenge his outsider image — but his sons have also made lobbying a family affair.
Mr. Thompson and his advisers declined to comment... "
They were far too busy slicing pies... And keeping just a tad for themselves.
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