It occurred when I was watching the 60 Minutes piece on the EU. At about the 10:50 mark, they interview a Greek economist who states emphatically that “you cannot tell a sovereign people when to hold elections. You cannot tell a sovereign parliament when to dissolve itself.” He is referring to efforts by the German politicians and EU leaders to influence Greek politics.
The funny part came when I found myself unconsciously, and quite audibly, responding to the economist with one of the great Dad-isms from my childhood. “I believe in the golden rule. I have all the gold, so I make all the rules.”
I can’t decide if my father was consciously training me for a career in the German Finance Ministry or if I have simply inherited more than just a “distinguished” nose and funny last name from the German side of family.
Either way, this whole episode proves that I at least listened to some of what my parents were saying all those years.
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