George Santos’ Harbor City Sales Pitch Revealed by Clients
In 1903, a ship full of dreamers docked in Boston. Among their number was a refugee from Lugo in northern Italy. He was cleaned out by cards sharp during the voyage, so he got here with $2.50 in his pocket. Much later, he told a newspaper, “I landed in this country with $2.50 in cash and $1 million in hopes, and those hopes never left me.” That man’s name was Charles Ponzi.
The ‘robbing Peter to pay Paul’ swindle that now bears his name is one of the first lessons in the syllabus for