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Robert Moses inserted a clause allowing additional matters affecting bond security or protection to be included in the bond contracts.

Dwarkesh Patel · What I learned about power from LBJ and Robert Moses · 29 Oct 2026

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“A bond issued by a public authority is such a contract. Moses snuck a clause into the act which allowed him to add, quote, "any other matters of like or different character, which in any way affect the security or protection of the bonds," end quote, into these bond contracts.”
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