Pigs at the trough
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Not my phrase, that belongs to Chris Farrell, the Two Cents blogger at Marketplace who lambastes lobbyists and legislators following the Washington Post article on how legislators get around rules to make piles of cash for themselves.
In many ways, one wonders why there's such a polarization between Democrats and Republicans, since once they get to Washington, it's simply one giant money suck for so many of different stripes.
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