[DiogenesLamp]

You do know that he was first and foremost concerned with preserving the Union? I disagree with your interpretation of Lincoln’s words.

Concerned with preserving the money streams flowing through his backers pockets and also into the Federal treasury so that he may use it to "stimulate" more Crony Capitalism with him at the center of it.

Just like that other race obsessed Liberal lawyer from Illinois, the whole thing was about steering Federal money to "allies" and supporters.

Southern independence represented a very serious threat to the pockets of all his wealthy backers.

[HandyDandy]

So,......you agree. Lincoln was first and foremost concerned with preserving the Union. We only disagree on what his reasons were.

[BroJoeK]

DiogenesLamp on Lincoln: "Concerned with preserving the money streams flowing through his backers pockets and also into the Federal treasury so that he may use it to "stimulate" more Crony Capitalism with him at the center of it. "

Estimates of presidential wealth put Donald Trump at the top of the list, by far, followed by Washington, Jefferson, Jackson, Teddy Roosevelt and James Madison.

The list of poorest presidents includes Truman, McKinley, Grant and Lincoln.

But I disagree that George Washington was effectively less wealthy than Donald Trump, for the reason that Washington is said to have been the wealthiest man in the country, while Trump's wealth, impressive as it is, is greatly exceeded by many others.

Of today's roughly 620 US billionaires, Trump ranks down around 250.

I don't have a number for Jefferson Davis' wealth, but he was clearly closer to George Washington's than to Abraham Lincoln's.

By the way, you will be interested to learn that I did talk to the spokesman for the American Billionaires Club -- ABC -- and he confirmed that they did indeed offer to make DiogenesLamp an honorary billionaire, but the Lampster turned it down because, he said, he felt far too morally superior to associate with such filthy "Crony Capitalists".

;-)