Political Power Brokers Quotes
President Andrew Jackson was the first President who went after them. The mechanism of these men has been bribes, much more common in early and middle America than today where campaign contributions are a legalized way of the wealthy having more influence on the control of the country. The other way was by the control of the money supply, the markets and banking. Jackson would not go along with allowing a small number of very wealthy bankers to control the monetary policy of the country. In modern times, there are a number of left and right wingers who see the private Federal Reserve Bank and its secrecy as an example of what Roosevelt was referring to,
The Governor was campaigning in the Republican Presidential Primary. He was a very candid, conservative who was anxious to reform the party and make it less big business oriented. Publicly admitting to this fact was resented by many in the party who thought the association with big business was a good thing for both the party and the country.
