"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
Capital Gains: Spending on Contracts and Lobbying Propels a Wave of New Wealth in D .C.
Submitted by Emmett Harris on Tue, 2013-11-19 00:00
Gangland economics on the Potomac. “The winners in the new Washington are not just the former senators, party consiglieri and four-star generals who have always profited from their connections. Now they are also the former bureaucrats, accountants and staff officers for whom unimagined riches are suddenly possible.”
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