LEADER 00000nim a22004695a 4500 003 MWT 005 20191125112239.0 006 m o h 007 sz zunnnnnuned 007 cr nnannnuuuua 008 160612s2016 xxunnn es i n eng d 020 9781681682211 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 020 1681682214 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 029 https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ rcb_9781681682211_180.jpeg 028 42 MWT11659988 037 11659988|bMidwest Tape, LLC|nhttp://www.midwesttapes.com 040 Midwest|erda 082 00 306.20973|223 099 eAudiobook hoopla 099 eAudiobook hoopla 100 1 Fields, Michelle,|eauthor. 245 10 Barons of the Beltway :|binside the princely world of our Washington elite--and how to overthrow them|h[Hoopla electronic resource] /|cMichelle Fields. 250 Unabridged. 264 1 [United States] :|bHighBridge,|c2016. 264 2 |bMade available through hoopla 300 1 online resource (1 audio file (7hr., 08 min.)) : |bdigital. 336 spoken word|bspw|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 344 digital|hdigital recording|2rda 347 data file|2rda 506 Digital content provided by hoopla. 511 1 Read by Marguerite Gavin. 520 Our Founding Fathers rejected the notion of royalty and fought against extravagance, pomp, and circumstance. Today in Washington, members of the United States government live like royalty and enjoy lifestyle perks that would make Marie Antoinette envious. This book exposes our government's shocking waste, its corruption, and the serious detachment between our elected officials and reality. It looks at the hidden perks, the freebies, and the ego stroking that define life for a political class that is out of touch and out to lunch. Our public servants are chauffeured to their Capitol Hill offices even when they live only two blocks away. They enjoy their own taxpayer-subsidized Senate Hair Care Services, travel on their own subway, vacation with their families in exotic locations for free, and exempt themselves and their friends from the laws that they create. Many of them pay family members through their PACs, campaigns, or congressional offices. They divert millions of dollars of federal contracts and earmarks to their children and siblings. And they send their campaign funds straight into their families' pocketbooks. 538 Mode of access: World Wide Web. 650 0 Political culture|zUnited States. 650 0 Political corruption|zUnited States. 650 0 Elite (Social sciences)|xPolitical aspects|zUnited States. 700 1 Gavin, Marguerite. 710 2 hoopla digital. 856 40 |uhttps://www.hoopladigital.com/title/ 11659988?utm_source=MARC|zInstantly available on hoopla. 856 42 |zCover image|uhttps://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ rcb_9781681682211_180.jpeg