[DiogenesLamp]

Any suggestion that "crony capitalism" in America somehow started with Lincoln, or was illegally supported by him, is ludicrous to the max.

The evidence is indicating otherwise. Sure we had corruption in government before, but nothing on the scale that we saw in the immediate aftermath of the war.

That was the most corrupt period in US History.

[BroJoeK]

DiogenesLamp: "The evidence is indicating otherwise.
Sure we had corruption in government before, but nothing on the scale that we saw in the immediate aftermath of the war.
That was the most corrupt period in US History."

But there's no evidence or statistics to back up such a wild assertion.
In reality, it's nothing more than Marxist anti-capitalist teachers in our public education system imprinting their opinions on young minds full of mush.

When you grow up, you should outgrow such crap.