Matt Midboe updated his status.

“Capitalists, seeking lang grants, tariffs, bounties, favorable currency policies, freedom from regulatory legislation and economic reform, supplied campaign funds, fees, and bribes and plied politicians with investment opportunities. Seward had said that ‘a party is in one sense a joint stock company in which those who contribute the most, direct the action and management of the concern.’” -Richard Hofstadter (1948) on the Republican Party of the post-Civil War era