Opinion

There are a bunch of wellheeled insiders getting rich in the nation’s capital city, according to a Nov. 18 article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, headlined: “D.C. awash in contracts, lobbying wealth.”

Years ago while in college, I spent many hours volunteering for Barry Goldwater. I hung out at the local campaign headquarters and even owned a can of genuine Gold Water. Then I and several other college students were invited to a thousand dollar a plate bash in Baltimore. We were thrilled until we arrived and found out we would eat sandwiches along with Pepsi instead of the dinner. We were particularly miffed because Pepsi had just announced support for Goldwater’s opponent. Our job was to stand in back and shout “We want Barry.”

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