3rdnlng Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 http://money.msn.com/family-money/the-richest-counties-in-america All those poor underpaid government workers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Yes, we can!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 http://money.msn.com/family-money/the-richest-counties-in-america All those poor underpaid government workers. That's less government "workers" than it is government contractors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 That’s what’s wrong with this country: You want to get rich, go to Washington. Admittedly, most private businesses in this country were still reeling from the rough economic times when the 2010 census was taken. But what does it say when government work (and its satellite professions — lobbying, law, consulting, etc.) is a highly lucrative growth industry that is recession-proof as well? NRO . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Murphy's Golden Rule: He who has the gold makes the rules Addendum: He who makes the rules gets the gold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juror#8 Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Counties in MD and VA were rich long before the current administration and will be wealthy long after. I remember when Fairfax and MoCo were top 3 and had been consistently for years. Now MoCo folks moved out to Howard for tax reasons and because 29 and 70 is easier to deal with than 495. Anyway, the money, like Tom mentioned, largely goes to government contractors of whom most are civilian. Software developers, IT folks, attorneys, etc. are working either directly or indirectly for CACI, Boeing, Bearingpoint, Lockheed, Northrop and Unisys etc. and they're getting paid $95+ an hour and mandatory overtime. That is all dedicated defense spending (pushed by the neo-cons during the 2000s) and it is directly benefitting a decidedly liberal community (MD is a VERY liberal state and VA has trended that direction with the ascendence of northern VA which, regionally, is very liberal). Someone once said to me that when someone REALLY has money, like REAL REAL money, they don't move to Manhattan or Beverly Hills....they move to Middleburg or Bethesda or Purcellville. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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