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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
The 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.

Located up the road from City Hall, the Metropolitan was a...

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