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Be washington, d.c. had all this money pouring. in in washington, d.c. really what matters in a lot of cases is connections, relationships, and if you are not in that closed circle, you are not going to get access to the funds. sean: you would think that these people that have a monopoly on compassion, steve would just look around them in some of these neighborhoods. i have been to many of them and they are struggling and people are starving and their kids need food stamps to feed themselves. it s unacceptable. also, if you look at that statistic that we had on the screen that the top 20% or top 5% is making $475,000 a year. i mean, of all the 50 wealthest cities in the country, it s the top as far as that concentration of wealth. so i think that compassion is all happy talk. i think when you look actually where the money is is spent, how the money is spent and hot money is spent on, you see you have a political class there that s really just concerned about themselves. sean: you ....
Public dole, taxpayers were some way shape and form and not called off for it. worse than. they have the arrogance to borrow the rest. continue to borrow it not worry at bawl. while their entire families are benefiting from that that s what we talk about the permanent political class. look at incentives. work on wall street. where are the incentives. sean: follow the money, steve. follow the money. if you follow it see no incentive to cut budget and no incentive to shrink the permanent government. both political parties benefiting. sean: did you find people in your investigation that actually do the right thing, people that have higher standards? there were a few. sean: there are a few? you are instilling confidence. there are a few, sean. the reality is is it is very hard for those individuals to rise in seniority in either party because the horse trading and the benefiting of family members that takes place is really what helps you ....
Be washington, d.c. had all this money pouring. in in washington, d.c. really what matters in a lot of cases is connections, relationships, and if you are not in that closed circle, you are not going to get access to the funds. sean: you would think that these people that have a monopoly on compassion, steve would just look around them in some of these neighborhoods. i have been to many of them and they are struggling and people are starving and their kids need food stamps to feed themselves. it s unacceptable. also, if you look at that statistic that we had on the screen that the top 20% or top 5% is making $475,000 a year. i mean, of all the 50 wealthest cities in the country, it s the top as far as that concentration of wealth. so i think that compassion is all happy talk. i think when you look actually where the money is is spent, how the money is spent and hot money is spent on, you see you have a political class there that s really just concerned about themselves. sean: you ....
With no wealth and making it off of government sports car and paying cash for it guy sitting there advertising don t have to advertise and guy like in here like in miami and los angeles and they can pay cash. luxurious lifestyle of the rich and powerful has metastasized. fine restaurants which you can t get into. i have never gone one washington correspondent s dinner, steve. i will tell you what, the reason you don t go down there, because you don t like that whole system and how it is set up. sean: i don t like the whole scene. no way. we have to start looking at this with a jaundiced eye. it this thing is out of control. the founders never wanted things like paris and london ....
And done so successfully. it s on defense spending. consider the case of senator harry reid. majority leader democrat from nevada. he has several family members registered lobbists. son lobbied on several groups and secured $50 million in earmarks. he also has another son who is involved in a a billion dollars venture involving a chinese effort to develop an energy project in the deserts of nevada. in that particular case, the majority leader took a personal interest in and helped to push it through. just remember when you see the professional wrestling in washington, d.c., it s not so much red and blue, it s really green, the color that really matters. sean: we continue with steve sweitzer. didn t obama say he was going to ban lobbists from his administration. eliminate earmarks? most transparent in ....