Washington Rakes in the Money

The Washington Post launches a new weekly today, Capital Business, covering business in the Washington area. The cover of the first edition is striking:

As the cover line exults, “There’s a wave of government money headed our way — bringing opportunities in health care, green energy, cybersecurity and education.” Of course, it’s not actually “government money” — it’s money taxed or borrowed from those who produce it in the 50 states and then sprinkled liberally around the Washington area, which now contains 6 of the 10 richest counties in America.


If the Capital Business cover image had a few more arms, it would look like the logo for this year’s Cato University, “Confronting Grasping Government”: