Credit Mobilier

<p><span class="deck"><span class="typestyle">The Union Pacific met the Central Pacific at Promontory—and the nation had truly been railroaded</span> </span></p>

<p><span class="deck"> An old, familiar show is back in Washington. There’s a new cast, of course, but the script is pretty much the same as ever. Here’s the program.</span> </p>

<p>Corruption must be fought in ways that preserve fairness and freedom. Otherwise, the reformers can be as bad as the rascals.</p>

<p>In a classic model of government corruption, the promoters placed shares of the company's stock “where it will do most good"—in the pockets of key Congressmen</p>
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<p><span class="deck">Americans have been invading one another’s privacy for political gain since before the Revolution.</span></p>

<p>Crédit Mobilier, one of the worst outrages in the history of Congress, affected national elections and gave “the Gilded Age” its name.</p>