[Flotsam_Jetsome]

"Nothing has to give. More than likely, this will be resolved long after The Mombasa MF is out of office. Look how long it took to prove that Chester Arthur was unqualified."

Noted. However, I don't have any recollection of reading anything about the Aurthur administration going going full-bore Cloward-Piven strategy to "fundamentally transform" the nation.

The next year is going to be highly interesting, as in the Chinese curse variety.

[Kenny Bunk]

I don't have any recollection of reading anything about the Aurthur administration going going full-bore Cloward-Piven strategy to "fundamentally transform" the nation.

Point very well taken. Chet, as former Collector of the Port of New York, was all about the swag, and making sure he got his cut.

BTW, in those halcyon days of the Republic, the government was quite small and easily funded from import duties, port fees, and various user fees and other tariffs.