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SmartMuffin posted...

and just as a bonus, his pre-political background was so incredibly corrupt it makes Trump look like a choir boy

he was literally a lawyer for the giant railroads, probably the biggest crony capitalist enterprises in all of American history

got incredibly rich through land speculation that surely had absolutely nothing to do with being an insider for the giant monopoly corporations of his day

Sorry, but insider trading was perfectly legal back then. Blame Congress for not banning it for like 70 years after that.

Also, it's a testament to America that the giant railroads would hire a lawyer who never got past 2nd grade in school and taught himself law. Wouldn't happen nowadays!
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