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Mar 2013
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A resident of one of those 14 counties checking in. Most of us are very blue voters
madinmaryland
Mar 2013
#3
May I ask why you are posting from a rabid rightwing site? I clicked on the link....
LiberalLoner
Mar 2013
#5
elleng
(130,732 posts)1. Let's NOT dump this on Federal employees, please.
Our/their TOTAL federal compensation may be comparatively high, but its the feeders at the trough who cause this very high income in the area, lobbyists and attorneys, imo.
And none of our offices look like the Tuileries.
LiberalLoner
(9,761 posts)2. +1 thank you!
And when you talk of high earnings also notice the average price of housing, etc. This area is a very high cost living area.
madinmaryland
(64,931 posts)3. A resident of one of those 14 counties checking in. Most of us are very blue voters
and are not members of the 1%.
Major Nikon
(36,818 posts)4. Looneytarian nonsense
Just sayin'
LiberalLoner
(9,761 posts)5. May I ask why you are posting from a rabid rightwing site? I clicked on the link....
littlemissmartypants
(22,585 posts)8. This popped out at me...
"But the real royalty is not in Washington, D.C.," Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla., tells me. "It's on Wall Street."
Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)6. John fucking stossell? Are you fucking kidding me?
LiberalLoner
(9,761 posts)7. Exactly my point.
littlemissmartypants
(22,585 posts)9. Yep. n/t