William Tweed, the man better know as Boss Tweed, was a man who showed how extreme corruption could go. He managed to cheat New York out of over 100 million dollars. Really how low can you get, cheating innocent, hardworking people out of their hard earned cash. This man is like a modern day Rod Blagojevich. That is not a good thing. Journalists exposed his crimes and he was arrested. Funnily enough, the same thing happened to Blago. It's like history repeating itself. After Boss Tweed was arrested he fled to Spain. Where he was caught and put in jail. He later died in 1878 and was mourned greatly.
Tweed represents the theme "To the victor belongs the spoils." This is due to the fact that he believed since he was this big, tough industrialist he deserved the money of the city. I think that just because you win something, does not give you the excuse to take everything.
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