The Big Whorehouse On The Potomac

The Big Whorehouse On The Potomac

Paul Craig Roberts, a former Reagan official and one of the "father's of Reaganomics" gives his view on sell-outs on Capitol Hill and the Washington Post's sell out to special interest groups.

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