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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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