And those properties are still subject to things like property taxes and tons of other fees . Not to mention that his company won ' t just stop working just because he ' s temporarily out of the chair to work as president it is conceivable that he could use his office to allow his company to make gains in the manner mentioned precisely above . That ' s why there is a potential conflict of interest . <| sep |> The republicans were the antislavery progressives and democrats mostly stodgy proslavery conservatives in the 1870 s . The parties flipped in the early 1900 s . As for if they ' re pro slavery now , it depends on their beliefs on prison labor because that is where slavery is still allowed according to the 13 th amendment . If they ' re taking bribes to build prison labor farms , I ' d say yes .