European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 12, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes wednesday. November 12,1986 columns today s crossword How much is enough for fhe Rich Brand Rooney we re always teeing and hearing so much about the poor the homeless and the starving Hal it gives us wac Relief once in a while to hear about people who have All the Money they need. Forbes Magazine came out wild ill list of the 400 richest people in the United stale recently and i made Good Reading although i noticed your name was t on the Lisl. 1 did t see my name either. The richest person i Sam Moore Walton of Benton vile. Ark. Don t be surprised if they change the name Towa Konvit Eark. The traditionally Rich people in the United stale such As the Rockefeller the Fords and the get Lei arc on the list but not near the top. When i was growing up Henry fond was considered the richest person in the world and i cant get used to a relative unknown like Sam Walton having More than the Fords and the Rockefeller. Sam i feel 1 can Call him Fay hit first name be cause i be been to Arkansas has 4,500.000,000 according to Forbes. That s four and a half billion. You know what a billion is Don t you a billion is 1,000 million not 100 million. 11 Means thai Sam has 4,500 million dollars. Henry Ford used to be shown in newsreel handing Oul dimes to people. When was a Young boy this act convinced me that he must be the richest person in the world. Sam Walton does t give out dimes As far As 1know, and that s probably Why he s relatively unknown. I be often wondered at whal Point pending Money no longer Means anything to a Rich person. If i buy a suit a Lank of Gas or a gallon of pain i m acutely aware of How much is leaving my pocket for someone else s. Does a billionaire till pause Over spending112.90 for a gallon of paint when another Brand Sells for 110.50? la appears from whal i be observed about the very Rich that they reach a Point when the game is Over. They be won life s contest. They have All the Money they want and from then on they concentrate on giving away what they fought to acquire. The Rockefeller have done so Many Good things with their Money that it makes you wonder if Rich people Aren t a belter answer to some of our worst problem than govern ment is. It s surprising to me that third and fourth Genera Tion Rockefeller who have no reason to know what being poor is like seem to understand it so will Idin t appreciate it at the time but having been desperately broke twice in my adult life has made me totally sympathetic to the condition in others. I have a comfortable amount of Money at this Point in my lift by most people s standards i have a lot of Money. I enjoy it 1 find it a quiet pleasure but there Are things about having Mare Money than i need that make me uneasy. The other night i was watching pictures of desperately poor and starving children in san Salvador after the earthquake there. There was one appealing Lilly girl half naked hungry but with an undemanding look in her wide sad eyes that made me know i could have talked to her. 1 think 1 had the same reaction half the americans who Taw that picture had i wanted to help her. How do we do that i have More Money than 1 Nee but it is very difficult to give any of it away intelligently or in a manner that satisfies me that it will hip the people who need help the most. That one Little gut for example. If i could have reached out for her i would have bought her food and Doles and paid for a place for her to five. When san Moore Walton watches television quietly confident be hat 4,500 million dollars in the Bank i wonder whal he think about things like our Leitem of the distribution of wealth or about poor homeless and starving children in san Salvador. Constitution Mokes o tasty snack Byar Buchwald whal attorney general de Meese did recently was declare thai the supreme court does not make the supreme Law of the land. He urged his Justice depart ment lawyers to ignore the court s rulings if they Don t agree with them. In fairness to Mcnese his quarrel with the supreme court is not personal. There Are Many rulings he has no problem with As Long As the court agrees with him. Quincy Wheelwright an avid Mees Walcher said what i like about de Mcnese is that he does t lookalike a person who upholds the Constitution As much As someone who just ate it i protested that s a terrible thing to say about the highest Law enforcement office in the land Why would he eat the Constitution when you re hungry for Power you la cat any have you personally seen Meese eat the Constitution i asked. Yup 1 saw him do it one Day in he Justice depart ment you re kidding i m sure in was him. The reason i remember it is let he was pulling Ketchup on it and Meese is the Only Guy i know who puts Ketchup on the Constitution. Did he eat it with a knife and Fork or with his hands with his bands. He just ripped the first Amend ment into shreds and Ihen stuffed in in his Are you sure it was the first amendment i m positive. Meese had a helluva Lime swallowing it. One of his deputies think it was William Brad Ford Reynolds Kepi handing him water to Wash it Down. I thought he was going to upchuck All Over the he stomp Oul of the cafeteria Quincy said he was about to when someone urged him to taste the second amendment he tilted Hal because it had to do with the right to Bear arms. Thence tried to eat the sixth amendment but he could t do it even when he dipped in in Tabasco Why did t he relish the sixth he said in was cooked up by bleeding did he put anything besides Ketchup and Tabasco sauce on the Constitution yes Quincy said. He sliced off the part which prevents police from conducting an illegal search and smeared it with Mustard. After using it be said to Reynolds this one does t Cut the Mustard then he spat it Hales anything with Loo Many rights in i said did i Tell you Meese choked on Ibe recent supreme court rulings on separation of Church and state no you did t. What happened he was digging in Wilh both hands and suddenly his face got red and he gagged. 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