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Is it true that the Kennedys accumulated their wealth in bootlegging? Why is that family so respected - having ties to the mafia?

Northwest · M
Rumors feeding rumors.

Joseph Kennedy, JFK's father, was a Harvard graduate, who made his fortune in the pre-crash Stock market, and started investing in real estate and movies, prior to the great depression, not only avoiding a financial disaster, but making himself richer. He was not a bootlegger.
Northwest · M
@olderuncle944 He was not that big into real estate during the prohibition. What he did, in anticipation of the end of Prohibition, is invest heavily into Scottish distilleries, and when the Prohibition ended, he was ready to supply the US market with high end whiskey. He used his massive profits from this operation, to go big into real estate.

Not saying he was an angel, but he was not a bootlegger. I personally have nothing against bootleggers.
olderuncle944 · 70-79, M
@Northwest i like bootleggers my grandfather was one in Tennessee,and like Joseph Kennedy he was in real estate also
Northwest · M
@olderuncle944 The world should learn that trying to legislate [b]morality[/b] does not work.
SW-User
According to Franzese,JFK got killed because of that
LoveTriumphsOverHate · 36-40, M
@SW-User Wow, it would explain the long list of tragic accidents that has plagued the Kennedy family over the decades.
SW-User
@LoveTriumphsOverHate he is pretty open about it. Back then,the mafia was huge. It wasn’t about JFK ,it was about his father
Never heard that one. But crooked for sure.
MarkPaul · 26-30, M
Public Service... Marketing... Fond memories.

 
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