I think Gigante had something like that the skippers didn't have to kick up to him and that they could keep the money they had to kick up.
He wasn't a greedy guy at all. That's why there have been so many wealthy captains in the Genovese family. Things run a lot smoother when everybody eats.
I know you're the resident Genovese expert PB, but I have to mention, that the Luciano Family had always been the richest mafia family with the greatest number of millionaires, at least in Lucky Luciano's time. I think that goes back to his way of ruling, to let everyone wet their beak and keep everyone happy enough to put their guns away, at least temporarily. He had to adopt that non-tyrannical style of governance since it was greed that got his predecessors whacked.
Is it safe to say that when it was the Masseria Gang, people weren't as happy with the taxes they had to pay?
