"Nowadays, you can't turn on the TV without some talking head telling you about the economy. Yet, in a world overrun by 'analysts,' only one man has the guts, the brains, and, quite frankly, the poetry to put it all in perspective.That man is Michael Silverstein... Silverstein is a true intellectual." — Gersh Kuntzman, The New York Post

"Few people have found much to laugh about in the stock market this year. Michael Silverstein is the exception. The Bard of the Bourse can find humor in losing money, globalization and stock options." — USA Today

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It's one thing to contribute to traditional supporters of your interests and causes; it's a very different thing to copiously fund the campaign treasuries of very angry and extremist newcomer candidates because this crowd is capable of taking a country in very unseemly and non-traditional directions...

The Mistake They Always Make

Here's the mistake they always make
The masters of donated wealth
They think that the money they freely dispense
To zealot campaigns with stealth
Will buy them great power with the people they fund
Who'll be at their beck and call
These donors forget, when zealots take charge
They end taking down one and all.

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