Tell 'em to eat cake

"I thought I'd break the ice with the charming question, 'How much money are you going to make this year?'" Rockefeller recalled. "He said, '$183 million. And if you people on the finance committee would do deferred compensation, I could make more.' "


The 70-year-old Rockefeller, a member of said committee, struggled to maintain his composure.

Despite coming from a prominent and wealthy family rooted deeply in American politics, oil and banking, Rockefeller says he doesn't understand the lifestyle of exorbitant luxury.

He frequently reflects on his time as an anti-poverty volunteer in Emmons, located on the Big Coal River in Kanawha and Boone counties, as a turning point in his life.
"I told this guy that the average working family in West Virginia might make $27,000," Rockefeller said. "So I said, 'How do I describe America to myself when you're trying to get $190 million or whatever it is for you, and these people are struggling? What do I say to those people working and making $27,000 a year?'

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