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Chad Fichter, Nick Fries, Zach Brown Boss Tweed was a commissioner of public works. He led a ring that led controlled all of New York City. Boss Tweed started construction on the New York Courthouse which cost him about 13 million dollars. He was then arrested on 8 million dollar bail. He escaped from jail and was sued by New York State for 6 million dollars because he escaped from jail J.P. Morgan was a leading financial banker and art collector. He offered clients all over the world a comprehensive product.Morgan began getting into the banking industry in 1857. This is Cornelius Vanderbilt. He was also known as the sobriquet commodore.He was an American entrepreneur. On November 8, 1883 Cornelius was nearly killed in a wreck on the Camden and Amboy railroad. In 1834 Vanderbilt competed on the Hudson river against a steamboat monopoly between Albany and New York.

This is on the health care debate. Current insurance companies are very greedy and are charging to high prices. Also those without health insurance are being charged extremely high prices to receive care. This is causing many problems in today's economy and creating much controversy. Today the President and Congress spend way too much money on bills and other things. This is one of the reasons the United States has so much debt. We spend money that we do not have and do not pay it back. Things regarding the government cost way too much.

During his campaign President Obama promised many jobs for the American people. Like many other things he promised during his campaign this did not come true. The jobs that President Obama promised have not been created. Today the government is full of greed and empty promises.

Andrew Carnegie was an industrialist, businessman,and entrepreneur. He made most of his money in the steel business and was considered the second-richest man in the world after Rockefeller. Carnegie gave away most of his money to establish many libraries, schools, and universities in America; and he also had investments in railroads. He was one of the greatest entrepreneurs of his time.

Thomas Nast drew political cartoons and these cartoons were instrumental in the downfall of Boss Tweed. Tweed feared Nast so much that he offered him a large bribe to try to get him to go away, but he refused. He the struck out against Tweed's party and he was removed from power. John D. Rockefeller was an American industrialist. Rockefeller created the Standard Oil Company and revolutionized the oil industry. He bought many other companies until he monopolized the whole industry. He soon became the richest man in the world.