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The Currency of Politics is Meals and Mutual Favors
Confessions of a former state senator’s assistant
“Do you want to know why I picked you to be my new assistant?” Asked the 60 year old former California state senator who was now my boss.
I had no idea and didn’t care. Originally I was hired as the desktop support guy at a company owned and operated by Chinese nationals.
Yesterday out of the blue the owner of the company asked if I was interested in being the assistant to the president of the company. He said Bruce specifically asked for me to be his assistant. The other white guy at the company had never said a word to me.
The new position paid twice as much I was making so I didn’t ask why me? I just said yes. The look on Bruce’s face told me he wanted to tell me why me, so I asked him.
“No clue. Why me?”
“You’re Jewish,” Bruce said as he grinned and nodded manically like the meme.
“You aren’t qualified for this position, but you’re Jewish. From my 20 years in politics, I’ve learned Jews will thrive in any position and never forget who gave them the…
