Wealth

Aviva III

The yacht, Aviva III, was docked at a wharf in Boston yesterday. Peter and I noticed it was the largest ship in the inner harbor as we took our Sunday stroll along the waterfront. It was an outrageous example of personal excess, so I decided to look it up. It belongs to Joe Lewis, a British currency manipulator, who made a fortune with George Soros on Black Wednesday , the day the U.K. Conservative government bailed out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism, thereby leading to the devaluation of the pound sterling. Soros and Lewis sold their pounds at a higher rate prior to the crash of the pound.

Joe Lewis

Money manipulation which creates these great fortunes has no social value. In other words, these money-makers who live excessive lifestyles do so at the expense of the true value of the quality of life on the planet. This makes Soros' contribution to Liberal causes in the U.S. highly suspect. Lewis is a tax exile from the U.K. and lives in the Bahamas. He reportedly uses the yacht as his mobile office. Is there any wonder why the likes of Mr. Lewis would prefer a mobile office?