Tag: George Pullman
Chicago’s Taxpayer-Funded Ode to Robber Barons
Even though George Pullman was a feudalistic 19th-century profiteer, he considered himself a beneficent employer as he suppressed the wages of his factory workers. In current times, is our tax money going to finance a monument for his greed?
Why Build a National Monument to a Union-Busting Robber Baron?
Now 120 years later, a national tribute to a narcissistic, paternalistic, brutalistic 19th-century robber baron—George Pullman—will soon be built in Chicago. And we, the taxpayers, are footing the bill for his greed.
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