Friday, August 19, 2011

Where is the American Economy Booming?

It is booming in Washington DC. No industry, no special services to sell, but incomes are skyrocketing. What's their secret. Watch this...



If that doesn't make you blood boil, you must have a ice for blood in your vein, and a heart made of a lump of blackest coal.

Read more detail in this article by Jason Linkins at the Huffington Post:
You know, from time to time, I have reason to opine that it seems as if Washington, D.C. -- home to your affluent, well-to-do politicians and the affluent, well-to-do political media that chronicles their escapades -- lives in an entirely different world from the rest of America. Typically, the way the economy gets covered is that it's framed as something that impacts nothing but the political horse race. Most of the country recognizes unemployment as something that impacts people's ability to "pay rent" and "get food." But on Capitol Hill, it's just something that impacts the ability of affluent political incumbents to keep their seats.
Read the whole article.

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