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| Boss Tweed, America's most corrupt policitian | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jul 4 2007, 09:16 PM (901 Views) | |
| real american | Jul 4 2007, 09:16 PM Post #1 |
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He was more crooked than any politician in America . He had people grow a beard before voting day and when they voted, shave their beard but keep a mustache and vote again and shave the mustache and vote again. He then set about to plunder the city. The total amount of money stolen was never known, but has been estimated from $75 million to $200 million. Over a period of two years and eight months, New York City's debts increased from $36 million in 1868 to about $136 million by 1870, with little costs or expenditures to show for the debt. Tweed defrauded the city by having contractors present excessive bills for work performed—typically ranging from 15 to 65 percent more than the project actually cost. This extra money was divided among Tweed, his subordinates and his cronies. The most excessive overcharging came in the form of the famous Tweed Courthouse, which cost the city $13 million to construct (the actual cost for the courthouse was about $3 million), leaving about $10 million for the pockets of Tweed and his gang. The city was also billed $3 million for city printing and stationery over a two-year period. He was sent to jail but escaped and fled to Cuba. He was caught but died when he came back. |
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| Ali | Jul 6 2007, 10:25 PM Post #2 |
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I'll bet you a nickel there's somebody ....or lots of somebodies that have 'topped' him since his demise! |
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| Condor | Jul 6 2007, 11:52 PM Post #3 |
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Funny, that is how I started wearing a beard. Easier to shave it off in a hurry than it is to grow it. |
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| Recon 173 | Apr 13 2008, 07:58 AM Post #4 |
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Tweed is a piker compared to Mayor Daley of Chicago!! Chicago is the most corrupt city in the entire western hemisphere!! Even Bogota, Columbia, can't match Daley, Chicago and Cook County for corruption. Chicago has NOT had an honest election since before the Civil War. Like they say in Chicago, "Vote early. Vote Often." Daley could teach Tweed a thing or six about voter corruption... |
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