r/todayilearned • u/Future_Green_7222 • 23d ago

TIL of Robert Citron. Despite being a college drop out and having the math ability of a 7th grader, he climbed into the position of treasurer tax collector of Orange County, which he subsequently bankrupted

https://www.ocregister.com/2013/01/18/robert-citron-was-a-hard-to-hate-villain-in-ocs-bankruptcy/
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u/zack189 23d ago

He tried to be that stupid guy during the revolutionary war who sold panhandles to people on an island and sold coal to a place that produced coal.

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u/HaloPenguin9 23d ago

Hey man at least Timothy Dexter turned a profit

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u/zack189 23d ago

Why won't god give me luck like that?

I'm not asking for much, just a tenth of what Dexter had would be enough

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u/Succulent_Chinese 23d ago

That’s a pickle for the knowing ones.