Now, [CLEARS THROAT] what we are up against is formidable.
It has the best highly paid lawyers
in the country working for it.
It has all of the forces that want to, in a sense, sell,
sell our lands which are in many ways our souls.
The poem I'm going to tell you next
is an example of that selling, ruthless selling.
[CLEARS THROAT]
I was in the Plaza Hotel in New York City,
and I happened to be able to--
in New York, people are so jammed together
that they didn't realize that there was someone there
who was aware of them because they couldn't imagine
that anything like that would occur.
But I was from here, and so I was
hearing what they were saying.
What they said was--
and I call this "Businessmen Overheard
in the Palm Court Restaurant of the Plaza Hotel, New York
City, America."
"Take them.
Invite them out to lunch.
Don't get attached.
It's money.
It's property.
It's real estate.
It's things.
You say, do you want to sell?
What do you want to pay me to sell it for you?
We made $50,000,000 or $60,000,000.
He died penniless.
His children ask us for $1,000 for the funeral.
It was tax deductible.
Of course, we gave it to them.
Is it legal?
The government pays lip service, but the competition is fierce.
You will have no license.
You will be seen as a mortgage consultant, a foreigner.
Your English will not be like theirs.
The property will be worth more than 8 to 10 times what
we paid for it.
You will ask them for three or four, but before they know it,
you will get $10 million.
When I am going to foreclose, I pay the lawyers
maybe $50,000, 4%, 3%, 5%.
The poor man never wants to pay the lawyers.
So you know the poor man will lose.
These companies are like candy stores.
Make all the dough you can.
Buy today, sell them short.
Take them invite them out to lunch.
Subdivisions in mountain valleys,
wild, running rivers, country ways of livelihood,
deer, cowboys, mountain lions, javelina, don't get attached.
It's money.
It's property.
It's real estate.
It's things.
Take them.
Invite them out to lunch."