The Sicilian American mobster Sam Giancana (1908-1975), according to the documentary JFK to 9/11: Everything Is a Rich Man’s Trick (2014), said:
   
“People give their lives just so that a few fat cats can make a killing.”
   
The saying has not been found in print before the documentary.
 
         
Wikipedia: Sam Giancana
Salvatore “Mooney Sam” Giancana (born Salvatore Giangana; June 15, 1908 – June 19, 1975), better known as Sam Giancana, was a Sicilian American mobster, notable for being boss of the Chicago Outfit from 1957–1966. Among his other nicknames were, “Momo”, “Sam the Cigar,” and “Sammy.”
 
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JFK to 9/11: Everything Is a Rich Man’s Trick (2014)
3h 28min | Documentary, History, War | Video 19 November 2014
This is one of the only documentaries that actually speaks on the real Secret Societies which for most are still a secret.
Writer: Francis Richard Conolly (as Francis R Conolly)
Stars: Francis Richard Conolly, Gordon Arnold, Charles Brehm
 
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People give their lives just so that a few fat cats can make a killing.
- January 17, 2015
remember, people, this is a purring War World and you are nothing more than a chess piece on the fat-cat table, collateral in the fat-cat death arena, a tick or cross in some fat-cat’s profit/loss report.
 
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@MikeCarlton01 @smh “People give their lives just so a few fat cats can make a killing” Sam Giancana, Mafia Boss http://youtu.be/U1Qt6a-vaNM
2:19 AM - 2 Mar 2015