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To: Joseph G. who wrote (7566)	10/4/1998 2:59:00 PM
From: Tommaso	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86076

Actually I guess what I mean is that people who get control of things in any field--whether politics, the military, the academic world, the judiciary, business (I do not include self-made entrepreneurs)--such people often are merely good at getting the power and don't know what to do with it once they are in control. Politicians definitely know what they are doing in order to get elected. I once sat for a couple of hours listening to a newly-elected senator, a former state governor going to washington to work for LBJ, the chair of state Democratic party, and a congressman talk politics. They knew their business. The landscape of the state lay before them like a chef's counters, drawers, utensils, and pots. They knew where everything was, what levers to pull, who had what power, where the votes were, etc. I think that a lot of current bankers, brokerage officers, presidents of insurance companies, etc. knew exactly what they had to do to get into the positions they occupy. A lot of economists as well. But I am not at all sure that they have any more idea what to do with that power than you or I would. I think a lot of them are like French generals of the two world wars. Or Italian generals. I think you and I are like a couple of old master sergeants who know how things really work.