Reply #: If Kerry is nominated, let's hope he loses that last title [View All]

[Bucky]

But yeh, Washington was sort of a Bill Gates-type figure (well, a little less ruthless in business). He endlessly experimented with different business ventures and business models. He detested tobacco as a cash crop and was very interested in promoting America as a financially self reliant nation. Much of our prosperity as a country devolves from his influences as both a business leader and as a politician.