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title: ""One result is that, today, for the first time, most of America's…"
date: 2013-03-27
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# "One result is that, today, for the first time, most of America's…

*March 27, 2013 · Facebook*

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[http://reason.com/archives/2013/03/27/imperial-washington](http://reason.com/archives/2013/03/27/imperial-washington){target="_blank"}
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\"One result is that, today, for the first time, most of America\'s richest counties are in the Washington area. About 43 percent of \"the 1 percent\"---the top earners leftists say they hate---now live in 14 counties that surround the District of Columbia.\
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Nick Sorrentino, creator of [AgainstCronyCapitalism.org](http://AgainstCronyCapitalism.org){target="_blank"}, notes that average total compensation for a federal employee is now about \$120,000, and the gap between government pay and private pay has been growing.\"\
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[http://reason.com/archives/2013/03/27/imperial-washington](http://reason.com/archives/2013/03/27/imperial-washington){target="_blank"}
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