Gilded Age Essay.
...t they would have a kind attitude towards the whole situation. It turns out that it was uncovered and it led to the reprimand of two congressmen and the revelation that the vice president of the United States accepted payments from the fake railroad company. This was a great example of the Gilded Age because the railroad construction company was supposed to be helpful to the society and government because it built railroads throughout the United States, which would boost the transportation genre of the upcoming industrial age. To man’s’ surprise, the “helpful” railroad company turned out to be fake and robbed the government of millions that were supposed to be used as subsidies to further the transportation system of the United States. Another example that showed that the Gilded age was internally corrupt was the Whiskey Ring. This corporation was thought to be reputable because within this business the whiskey manufacturers had to pay taxes on the liquor that they produced. This looked above-board because that money was supposed to go to the government. However, this turned out to be everything that the society didn’t want. Turns out that the distillers avoided paying the taxes and bribed the tax collectors so that they wouldn’t have to pay the money. This went on long enough so that they robbed the government and the treasury of millions of dollars in excise tax revenues. President Grant said, “Let no guilty man escape.” But to Grant’s dismay, his own private secretary General Orville Babcock turned up amongst the culprits. Appearing to be on the Treasury’s side, President Grants showed his true colors when he wrote up a statement that exonerated his secretary. So Grant, doing this, went against his party and his platform. The Whiskey Ring helped to prove the validity of the statement because the tax money that was paid was supposed to go to the government and the government was going to use that money to help fund federal grants. However, on the inside, just like the Gilded Age, the Whiskey Ring was internally corrupt and it bribed the tax collectors and stole millions of government excise tax revenues, lowering the security of the government. Another good example of an internally corrupt act would be the Pendleton Act of 1883. What seemed to do well for the society turned out to be a downfall for politi...