Six of the ten richest counties are around Washington DC.
— 500 tycoons each worth about a billion;
— 7,200 really rich between 100 – 500 million;
— 24,887 worth a measly ten to fifty million;
— 183,900 worth $2 million to $10 million.
Thomas Jefferson warned that our capitol should be moved every generation or so. You didn’t know that?
He worried that an ’embedded class’ would infiltrate every office and hallway, every politician and bureaucrat, a perpetual Versailles. To prevent incrustation, Jefferson suggested the White House, the Congress and the Supreme Court must occasionally re-locate, build new facilities, hire new staff, and repel all followers. Now that’s a jobs engine!