Oh, Carlos.

Art.
Life.
Whatever.

Edward Steichen, JP Morgan (1903).
Like other rich douchebags, Morgan paid $300 (adjusting for inflation, about $7k today) to get out of serving in the Civil War. A war in which he made a fortune buying old rifles from the government for $3.50 each, retooling them, and then selling them back to the government for $22 each.
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Edward Steichen, JP Morgan (1903).

Like other rich douchebags, Morgan paid $300 (adjusting for inflation, about $7k today) to get out of serving in the Civil War. A war in which he made a fortune buying old rifles from the government for $3.50 each, retooling them, and then selling them back to the government for $22 each.

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    JP Morgan (1903).
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