another Bloomberg quote from the same interview
[Chris Smith]
Would you have been as successful as mayor without your personal wealth?
[Mike Bloomberg]
"Yeah. I actually think so. Of course, there’s some things you couldn’t have done. I couldn’t have given $30 million and got $30 million out of George Soros and then have $60 million for this Young Men’s Initiative to help young minority males, which is where most of the crime is."