Tammany the Only Lastin' Democracy
Some excerpts on settin' up a democracy in NYC in 1900...
I've looked into the industry, and can give rock-bottom figures. Here's the items of cost of a new "Democracy".
A dinner to twelve bone-hunters..........$12.00 A speech on Jeffersonian Democracy.....00.00 A proclamation of principles(typewritting) 2.00 Rent a small room one month for headquarters...12.00 Stationery.......................................................2.00 Twelve second hand chairs..........................6.00 One second hand table.................................2.00 Twenty-nine cuspidors...................................9.00 Sign painting.................................................5.00
Total...........................................................$50.00
For the Last of the Tammanies, Tom L. General Archivist
Doug Henwood wrote:
> Enzo Michelangeli wrote:
>
> >Watch Louis Proyect's ties in the next few days: perhaps we've got a secret
> >ally for our thermidorian counter-revolution. His phrase "I pay $70 a month
> >for the privilege of hosting a Marxism mailing list" spells out a clear
> >awareness of property rights ;-)
>
> Hey, as Ronald Reagan once said, complaining about an opponent's
> persistence in a debate, "I paid for this microphone!"
>
> Doug