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J.P. Morgan was one of the first bankers in the U.S. Its the monoopoly guys because he was all about money and it symbolizes him.

These are three far right wing republicans, Dick Cheney, Rush Limbaugh and Karl Rove, who are makig an obvious sarcasic remarks about the torturing of prisoners of war and in particular the prisoners at Gitanamo Bay, Cuba. The expressions on there faces are saying "what, us torture...ridiculous and they obviously advocate torture.

The guy in the doorway represents a strong business leader. and he is telling the other two to get his hands off his financial affairs. Laissez faire means the government should not intervene with the marketplace.


 * Boss Tweed**

. Boss Tweed was a man with money always on his mind. He was the third largest landowner. He was also convicted for stealing money. Boss Tweed was elected to the U.S. House Of Representative and the New York City Board of Advisors. He was convicted for stealing between 30 million and 200 million from New York City taxpayers through political coppurtion. He died in the[|Ludlow Street Jail]. Thomas Nast Thomas Nast wrote political cartoons that made fun of Boss Tweed. And since the people didn't know how to read they thought it was funny. But then they always made him look funny so they realized they were bad comics.

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John D. Rockefeller revolutionized the petroleum industry and became a billionaire. In 1870 he founded the Standard Oil Company. Standard Oil Company was convicted of monopolistic, complete control, practices. He became America's richest man, and controlled most of the company.

Cornelius Vanderbilt Cornelius Vanderbilt, also known as Commodore or Commodore Vanderbilt, built his wealth in shipping and railroads. He acquired the Hudson River R.R. in 1864 and the New York Central R.R. in 1867. By 1873 Vanderbilt tried to gain control of the Erie Railroad by buying many of the company's stocks. Jay Gould "watered down stocks" which, in turn, cost Vanderbilt over 7 million dollars.

===The tax on tobacco has been rising. People think that due to tax increase that people will smoke less, when in actuality it's just angering nicotine addicts. The President is trying to make people quit, but by raising the taxes, it's just making smokers angry, which in turn, they smoke more. Obviously raising the tobacco tax is not a good idea.===