THE BIRTH OF AMERICA
The Saga of Lewis and Clark
The Ulra Slim, Fast, Time-Lapse Version
NOTE: In this historical study, some of the details
by J. Walter Plinge
When Lewis and Clark invented America in 1776, they had no money. But they had all they needed: the clothes on their back and a printing press. So who needs money when you got a printing press?
Lewis Carrol, the banker, and author of Alice In Creditary Bankingland, and his creditable sidekick Clark Gable set out to establish the Northwest Passage Branch of Lewis’ banking empire. Along the way they encountered some Indians and immediately struck a deal: sell us your land and we won’t kill you. Lewis printed up seven dollars and lent them to Clark, for Clark was a Creditworthy man. For one dollar Clark wrote the book, Democracy, Freedom, and the Rule Of Law, and with the other six, he bought the Indian’s land, for they were penniless.
Creditworthy Clark then imposed a $6 per year tax on the Indians. That got him his six bucks back. To pay their next years’ taxes Clark proposed a magnanamous solution; the Indians could get a job and earn money. But work where? Clark was not only Creditworthy; he was Benevolent. He suggested that if the Indians furnished decent food and quality housing (none of that cheap crap) for Lewis and Clark he would pay them $6 per year, thus they would always have money to pay their obligations.
And everyone lived happily everafter. Except for the Indians who always were a bunch of ingrates.
Epilog: Later Creditworthy Clark proposed a new adventure: buy South America. And, well, why not China. Lewis printed up the money, for it was a Creditworthy project. And Clark’s credit history, unlike that of the Indians, who never could put together a decent pension plan, was impecable.
Post Epilog: South Americans are a bunch of ingrates too. And China... China may top them all...
© copyright 2001 J. Walter Plinge France
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