Boom Town DC

I caught the tail end of this over the weekend and wondered if y'all had seen it?

From what I saw, it was more than impressive and bipartisan. Kinda hit me that we are all idiots.


http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/hannity/2013/01/28/welcome-boomtown-washington-dc


PETER SCHWEIZER, GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY INSTITUTE: Washington, D.C., the nation's capitol. The seat of federal power. And increasingly a town that is very rich. The local Native Americans named the river Potomac which means where goods are offloaded or where tribute is paid.

Today that tribute comes in the form of trillions of dollars of taxpayer money that floods into this city every year.

While one out of every six Americans worries about where their next meal is coming from, Washington, D.C. has the highest rate of fine wine consumption in the United States.

While one out of four Americans has a mortgage that is underwater, seven of the 10 wealthiest counties in the United States are counties around this region. Washington, D.C. now has the highest per capita income in the entire United States. They just passed Silicon Valley.

You are going to discover that Washington, D.C., a town that used to be a town of sleepy bureaucrats is now a town of Maserati Dealerships, fine wines, luxurious homes and luxurious shops. It's the Washington, D.C. that a lot of people never seen when they take their tours or they go to the museums. But if the Washington, D.C. that reflects the reality of our country today.

The great American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald once wrote that the rich are different from you and me. America's previous boom towns became wealthy because they produced something. San Francisco during the gold rush, Abilene Texas, cattle. And, of course, Detroit during the hay day of the American automobile. All of those boom towns became very wealthy in their time because they created something, they created something new.

This boom town comes, its wealth come from extracting it from the rest of the country. Boom town is something that no one in Washington wants to talk about. When they do they tend to blame the other side. But the reality is today that in Washington, D.C., the business is not politics. The business is money.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/hannity/2013/01/28/welcome-boomtown-washington-dc#ixzz2JPlrt8jR

I have heard Washington DC called Hollywood for ugly people.....

TEOTWAWKI wrote:I have heard Washington DC called Hollywood for ugly people.....

I can vouch for this; not a lot of good looking people on the Hill.

The influence of corporate money on Congress is exacerbated by how out of touch Congressmen are with the daily struggles of most Americans. In February 2012, the median net worth of Congressmen was $913,000 as compared to $100,000 for the rest of the population. Aside from being immediately wealthy, Congressmen also weathered the tribulations of the financial crisis much better than the average American. An analysis of Congressional finances by the Washington Post in October 2012 revealed that the wealthiest one-third of Congress was largely shielded from the effects of the Great Recession. While the median household net worth of the average American dropped by 39 percent between 2007 and 2010, the median wealth of Congressmen rose 5 percent. It rose 14 percent for the wealthiest one-third.


http://lewrockwell.com/whitehead/whitehead69.1.html

Here goes....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gV1sxB8TxI

Yeah, but this show was less about our "ills" and more about lobbyists.

Gotta find the link and will.

It would seem from this "show" that we are owned more by govt, than by any power Corps could ever dream of.

PETER SCHWEIZER, GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY INSTITUTE: Washington,
D.C., the nation's capitol. The seat of federal power. And increasingly
a town that is very rich. The local Native Americans named the river
Potomac which means where goods are offloaded or where tribute is paid.

Today that tribute comes in the form of trillions of dollars of taxpayer money that floods into this city every year.

While one out of every six Americans worries about where their next
meal is coming from, Washington, D.C. has the highest rate of fine wine
consumption in the United States.

While one out of four Americans has a mortgage that is underwater,
seven of the 10 wealthiest counties in the United States are counties
around this region. Washington, D.C. now has the highest per capita
income in the entire United States. They just passed Silicon Valley.

You are going to discover that Washington, D.C., a town that used to
be a town of sleepy bureaucrats is now a town of Maserati Dealerships,
fine wines, luxurious homes and luxurious shops. It's the Washington,
D.C. that a lot of people never seen when they take their tours or they
go to the museums. But if the Washington, D.C. that reflects the reality
of our country today.

The great American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald once wrote that the
rich are different from you and me. America's previous boom towns became
wealthy because they produced something. San Francisco during the gold
rush, Abilene Texas, cattle. And, of course, Detroit during the hay day
of the American automobile. All of those boom towns became very wealthy
in their time because they created something, they created something
new.

This boom town comes, its wealth come from extracting it from the
rest of the country. Boom town is something that no one in Washington
wants to talk about. When they do they tend to blame the other side. But
the reality is today that in Washington, D.C., the business is not
politics. The business is money.


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/hannity/2013/01/28/welcome-boomtown-washington-dc#ixzz2JPlrt8jR

Feel like I've missed my shearing....who's next?

Night, all.

It's good to be the king.

PkrBum wrote:It's good to be the king.

SOOO totally embracing your signature!!!