This is not a partisan issue.  DC is booming in every way as the rest of the country suffers.  The politicians, the lobbyists and the consultants are getting richer and richer.  Seven out of the top ten most prosperous counties in the United States surround DC.  And yet even in DC itself, the income disparity is staggering.  Prosperity?  Little people need not apply.  It’s only for the connected.

Tonight (9 p.m. Eastern) on the Fox News Channel, they are running a special called “Boomtown.”   Hosted by Peter Schweitzer, author of “Throw Them All Out,” promises to show us the ugly underbelly of the prosperous, imperial city, Washington, DC.  He’s credibly attacked cronyism on both sides for a long time now.  So even if you aren’t a fan of Fox News, this is one you should watch.  Hey…I watch ’em all!

About The Author

Mark was a co-founder of the Tea Party Patriots, and served as the national coordinator. He left the organization to work more broadly on expanding the self-governance movement beyond the partisan divide. Mark appears regularly on television in outlets as diverse as MSNBC, ABC, NBC, Fox News, CNN, Bloomberg, Fox Business and the BBC. He’s highly sought after for the tea party perspective from print and electronic media outlets, from the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, L.A. Times, Washington Examiner, Politico and the The Hill. Mark blogs at MarkMeckler.com, and his opinion editorials regularly run in many of the leading political newspapers both on and offline. Mark has a BA in English from San Diego State University and graduated with honors from University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law in 1988. He practiced real estate and business law for almost a decade. For the last eleven years of his legal career he specialized in Internet advertising law. When not fighting for the future of our nation, Mark is an avid horseman, and lives in rural northern California with his wife Patty and two children.

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