“The great bulk of the wealth of France was in the hands of a very tiny number of people.”
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Income Inequality
“The great bulk of the wealth of France was in the hands of a very tiny number of people.”
Tune in to your local public radio or join the 1776 Club to hear this episode of What Would Thomas Jefferson Do?
"The great bulk of the wealth of France was in the hands of a very tiny number of people."
— Clay S. Jenkinson portraying Thomas Jefferson
“Behold me at length on the vaunted scene of Europe! […] I find the general fate of humanity here, most deplorable. The truth of Voltaire's observation, offers itself perpetually, that every man here must be either the hammer or the anvil.”
— Thomas Jefferson, 1785
We speak with President Jefferson about his time spent in France.
It as a perfect storm of a book: a great subject, a writer at the top of his form, an epic canvas, and an epic journey of a family in search of the American Dream.
"nothing is more certainly written in the book of fate than that these people are to be free."
— Thomas Jefferson, 1821
Clay Jenkinson returns from his cultural retreat held at Lochsa Lodge in Idaho last week and reports in on this year's meetings. Also, perhaps prompted by the 50th anniversary of the famous Beatles "rooftop concert," we wander into a short conversation about pop music, and discuss the recent extreme cold weather along with how Jefferson is co-opted by many of us without paying enough attention to the historical record.