23 December 2007

DC unthoughts

from Harper's, January 2008 issue

Estimated number of DC residents who are paid to stand in line for lobbyists hoping to attend congressional hearings: 380
Average amount each line-stander is paid per hour: $20

"What politics has become requires a level of tolerance for triviality and artifice and nonsense that I find I have in short supply" - Al Gore

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