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Making money off of politics isn't new – it was business as usual in the Gilded Age

  • Written by Jeff Broxmeyer, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Toledo
Making money off of politics isn't new – it was business as usual in the Gilded AgeThe Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., whose profits go to the president and his family business.AP/Alex Brandon

When the political leader “Boss” Tweed was arrested in New York on corruption charges in the fall of 1871, among his many assets was a luxury hotel.

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