Washington DC is a decadent imperial city same as Rome turned into. As such we are over taxed by them then our Representatives are forced to beg for scraps to be returned home via earmarks and pet projects. Life is fantastic there for everyone. There is no recession. Lots of parties and drugs and call girls. There is zero incentive for our representatives to get serious and solve problems because life is too nice for them. Dittos for their Congressional staffers and all the fatass do nothing Federal employees in the Washington DC area. 10% of Congressional staff is gay, so it has been reported. Affirmative action boobs and incompetents permeate our Federal bureaucracy in DC and throughout America
Washington DC is insulated from the chaos it produces whether it is Alan Greenspan’s easy money policy, Frank, Dodd and Maxine Waters shielding Fanny Mae from scrutiny or keeping our borders wide open
I’ve always wondered where Affirmative Action Anns and Andies did with their Urban Studies and Leftist Arts degrees after graduation. At first I thought that most of them were absorbed by companies to satisfy EEO requirements. Your post corrected that in my mind. The vast majority have ridden their preferences into the bureaucracy! There aren’t that many private company positions to go around. And now Obama is bringing them into the first lines of government. And as groups like ACORN increasingly become quasi-governmental institutions, a huge number of opportunities for them will open up.