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List of United States Presidents by net worth

Most U.S. Presidents before 1845 were extremely wealthy, including Andrew Jackson, who was born into poverty,[1] and George Washington, the richest of the period, but by no means were all early Presidents rich. Many of these early presidents were landowners, and some of them owned plantations, including their own slaves.[2][3] The Presidents of the late 19th century and of the 1920s were generally not very wealthy, despite the widespread belief that their economic policies benefited the wealthy the most.[4][5][6] Many of these were born into poor or middle-class families and did not move up the economic ladder significantly during their lifetimes, even though a number of them served as generals in the U.S.

Army.[7] U.S. presidents since 1929 (when Herbert Hoover took office) have generally been wealthier than before; all except Harry Truman were millionaires. The figures in the table below are all from 24/7 Wall St.' US Immigration Law and Processes. Crises of Capitalism. The Weirdest Things About America. The Evolution of Propaganda Design. The emergence of a new kind of aesthetic in Russian and Soviet art after the revolution of 1917 largely resulted from the state having experienced a revolution, the arts became revolutionary too and changed dramatically.

The Evolution of Propaganda Design

In the United States, no such revolution occurred, which is quite evident in US World War I propaganda, which usually employs a visual language similar to earlier works. By the time of the Great Depression of the 1930s things really started to change, and American posters took on a new direction. I include some posters here that weren't state sponsored, and thus might not be propaganda in a strict sense, but I consider them all noteworthy and interesting, so I hope you can forgive me for this. While American propaganda of this period carried on older traditions in graphic design, and was not as groundbreaking as Soviet propaganda of the same period, it is nevertheless fascinating. World War I 1 & 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. New Deal 8 & 9. 10 & 11. 12, 13, 14 & 15. 16. 17. 18. Sanders surprises Flagstaff coffee house patrons. A morning to study in a coffee shop turned into a moment Hannah Salesman will never forget, after Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders sat down next to her Tuesday morning.

Sanders surprises Flagstaff coffee house patrons

Salesman, a junior at Northern Arizona University, said she went to Macy’s European Coffee House for a coffee and to study after her session of student teaching, when the presidential candidate, who had been in town for a rally last night, sat down next to her. “I was doing homework with my headphones in, and I was pleasantly surprised to see Bernie Sanders was sitting behind me,” Salesman said, still shaking with adrenaline after her encounter. Salesman said Sanders walked into the coffee shop and ordered a coffee just like anyone else, then chose a seat near the side, visible from the window. “I said ‘How am I supposed to study now, Bernie?’” She said. Sanders asked her what she was studying, and she said special education. Loaded: 0% Counterarguments to Anti-Gay Protesters. New Yorker's DOMA Cover Features Bert And Ernie. The New Yorker celebrated the Supreme Court's historic rulings on gay marriage with one of its most awesome covers of all time.

New Yorker's DOMA Cover Features Bert And Ernie


The magazine wrote that the cover artist, named Jack Hunter, originally submitted the image, unsolicited, to a Tumblr. "It's amazing to witness how attitudes on gay rights have evolved in my lifetime," he told the New Yorker's Culture Desk. "This is great for our kids, a moment we can all celebrate. " Sesame Street has long denied that Bert and Ernie are anything more than friends, saying in a 2011 statement that the two "do not have a sexual orientation. " Senate Confirms 1st-Ever Native American Woman As Federal Judge. The sun rises behind the U.S.

Senate Confirms 1st-Ever Native American Woman As Federal Judge

Capitol Dome early in the morning before the ceremonial swearing-in of President Barack Obama during the 57th Presidential Inauguration in Washington, Monday, Jan. 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) image. Kenyan Masai donate cows to US. American diplomats have been given 14 cows by Kenyan Masai tribespeople in a gesture of sympathy following the 11 September attacks.

Kenyan Masai donate cows to US

House effort would completely dismantle Patriot Act. A pair of House lawmakers wants to completely repeal the Patriot Act and other legal provisions to dramatically rein in American spying.

House effort would completely dismantle Patriot Act

Reps. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) on Tuesday unveiled their Surveillance State Repeal Act, which would overhaul American spying powers unlike any other effort to reform the National Security Agency. “This isn’t just tinkering around the edges,” Pocan said during a Capitol Hill briefing on the legislation. “This is a meaningful overhaul of the system, getting rid of essentially all parameters of the Patriot Act.” The bill would completely repeal the Patriot Act, the sweeping national security law passed in the days after Sept. 11, 2001, as well as the 2008 FISA Amendments Act, another spying law that the NSA has used to justify collecting vast swaths of people's communications through the Internet. <A HREF=" Widgets</A>

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