Getty claimed his frugality towards others was a response to people taking advantage of him and not paying their fair share. "It's not the money I object to, it's the principle of the thing that bothers me ..." [9] Coin-box telephone edit

a b c d e Miller, Julie (March 25, 2018). "Yes, J. Paul Getty Reportedly Had as Many Live-In Girlfriends as FX's Trust Claims". Vanity Fair. New York City . Retrieved March 30, 2018. To some degree, Freemason paranoia grew out of the Freemasons' influence in the United States. Many Founding Fathers were members, after all. And some key American symbols may have been derived from the Freemasons: There's a strong argument that the floating eye on the dollar, the Eye of Providence above a pyramid, comes from Freemasonry. (There's also an argument that it was meant as a Christian symbol; the only thing we know for certain is that it has nothing to do with the Bavarian Illuminati.)a b 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–" . Retrieved May 28, 2023. The research from Well Pharmacy, the UK’s largest independent chain, shows having to quarantine is the main reason for opting against foreign holidays this year with 83 per cent of those polled blaming this for their reluctance to travel abroad.

Millions of holidaymakers say they are put off travelling abroad because of confusion following updated testing and quarantine rules. Yergin, Daniel (1991). The Prize: the Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power. New York: Touchstone. pp. 442–443, 790. ISBN 9780671799328. Conspiracy theories have always been popular in the United States, but for centuries, the Illuminati were less feared than the Freemasons. The 1828 Anti-Masonic Party was based on an opposition to the Freemasons, and though the party died out, Freemasons remained a focal point for paranoia in America. Because the Illuminati recruited many members in Europe through Freemason lodges, the two groups are often confused for each other.That early Freemason paranoia can help us understand the conspiracy theories about the Illluminati today. "People will use a term like 'Illuminati' to define anything that they don't like that might challenge their values," says Joseph Uscinski, a political scientist at the University of Miami and co-author of American Conspiracy Theories with Joseph Parent . 7) Why do people still believe in the Illuminati today? The Illuminatus Trilogy, some of the books that set the tone for our modern idea of the Illuminati. JVK via Creative Commons Career edit Share of the Oklahoma Oil Corp., issued July 15, 1922, signed by President J. Paul Getty