Turns out, it was DC and environs sucking all the money out of the country:
Loudoun ranks as the richest county in the United States, immediately followed by Fairfax and Howard counties, while Montgomery, traditionally one of the wealthiest, is now 10th.
Forbes magazine ranked eight other Washington-area counties in its list of the nation’s 25 wealthiest counties, far more than any other area in the country. The rankings are based on 2008 median household income data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Government is too big and too many people are getting rich off the taxes paid by the middle class. Ask Reid – he’s become a millionaire while “serving” in government. Pelosi has done pretty well out of it, too. Lots of people have – but that is not the way its supposed to be. Service in government is supposed to be a sacrifice – your love of country and sense of duty is supposed to move you to public service, and if you did it right, you should come out of it financially worse off than when you went in.
Our nation is bankrupt and the people who bankrupted it are rich. You know, it is time for a tax increase – a 50% surcharge on non-military, government incomes in excess of 200% of the American median. The government types can get a raise – once the median income of Americans goes up.
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