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Now, [CLEARS THROAT] what we
are up against is formidable.

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It has the best
highly paid lawyers

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in the country working for it.

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It has all of the forces that
want to, in a sense, sell,

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sell our lands which are
in many ways our souls.

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The poem I'm going
to tell you next

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is an example of that
selling, ruthless selling.

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[CLEARS THROAT]

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I was in the Plaza
Hotel in New York City,

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and I happened to be able to--

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in New York, people
are so jammed together

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that they didn't realize
that there was someone there

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who was aware of them
because they couldn't imagine

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that anything like
that would occur.

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But I was from
here, and so I was

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hearing what they were saying.

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What they said was--

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and I call this
"Businessmen Overheard

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in the Palm Court Restaurant
of the Plaza Hotel, New York

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City, America."

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"Take them.

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Invite them out to lunch.

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Don't get attached.

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It's money.

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It's property.

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It's real estate.

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It's things.

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You say, do you want to sell?

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What do you want to pay
me to sell it for you?

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We made $50,000,000
or $60,000,000.

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He died penniless.

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His children ask us for
$1,000 for the funeral.

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It was tax deductible.

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Of course, we gave it to them.

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Is it legal?

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The government pays lip service,
but the competition is fierce.

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You will have no license.

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You will be seen as a mortgage
consultant, a foreigner.

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Your English will
not be like theirs.

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The property will be worth
more than 8 to 10 times what

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we paid for it.

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You will ask them for three or
four, but before they know it,

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you will get $10 million.

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When I am going to
foreclose, I pay the lawyers

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maybe $50,000, 4%, 3%, 5%.

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The poor man never wants
to pay the lawyers.

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So you know the
poor man will lose.

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These companies are
like candy stores.

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Make all the dough you can.

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Buy today, sell them short.

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Take them invite
them out to lunch.

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Subdivisions in
mountain valleys,

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wild, running rivers,
country ways of livelihood,

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deer, cowboys, mountain lions,
javelina, don't get attached.

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It's money.

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It's property.

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It's real estate.

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It's things.

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Take them.

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Invite them out to lunch."

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