Creative Speculation

If Oswald had been hired as the hit man, are we expected to believe he didn't get a large part of his fee up front? The man had under $200 to his name on the morning of the assassination. He lived in a converted telephone room of the boarding house on North Beckley. He paid $8 a week for the privilege. His wife and children were living off the charity of her landlady.

This cuts into the patsy hypothesis as well. Oswald was supposed to be a double agent, working to infiltrate the Soviet Union and then various Communist groups in America, right? That's how THEY knew to set him up to take the fall. So Lee Harvey Oswald was such an incredible patriot that he was doing all that work for free?

There is no evidence that Oswald was spending more money than he was making at his various menial jobs. He had to borrow money to pay for the trip back to the United States for Marina and himself. He owned a single woolen Russian-made suit, completely inappropriate for Texas weather. They were practically starving in New Orleans. They never had an extra penny anywhere. Ever.

I'll go further: is Marina living the life of Reilly today? From what I understand, she married again, she works at a shop, and she raised her children. Is there any evidence at all that she's got a pot of cash somewhere? No?

How about that?