Camelot. Next in stead of building a border fence they will build one around DC to keep us peasants out.
I visited there last spring.
I noticed a multiplicity of men in $1000 suits and women with $400 dresses, handbags, and shoes.
Life IS very good in the beltway.
OTOH my cousin who lives in Georgetown paid $800,000 for a home that would be $60,000 here in Indianapolis.
I was there in March. Money is literally bubbling up thru cracks in the sidewalks.
THAT’S why your Pubbie member of Congress doesn’t get it. He’s living on the other side of the rose colored looking glass.
Government contracting is huge here.
I am lucky that since sequestration has put some pressure on gov’t contractors to reduce prices, the costs of my services have gone up, in particular for defense contractors.
Name any acronym defense contractor inside the beltway, and I have an agreement with them this summer courtesy of the tax payer.
Thanks guys :)
To be honest though, the “boom” now is not even close to what we saw in the mid 2000s, with housing prices doubling each year from 2002-2006 and defense spending growing at double digit rates each year.
People were minting money during those 4 years