April 19, 2010 10:45AM 

# Washington Rakes in the Money 

By [David Boaz](https://www.cato.org/people/david-boaz) 

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

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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](http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/local/In-the-money_-Local-counties-top-Forbes_-annual-_richest_-list-87172787.html) 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](https://www.cato.org/cato-university/index.html)”:

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