The New York Times headline read: "Minting Bank Lobbyists on Capitol Hill." The first line of this recently run story went on to note that "Lawmakers are moving into financial jobs as the industry seeks to weaken rules by hiring those who wrote them." Just when you thought Washington couldn't get any sleazier, the Beltway crowd fools you again...

K Street Remembers
And Rewards

Some congressmen retiring
Are careful to be siring
Through legislative wiring
Fat paychecks they're desiring.

While elsewhere they are firing
On K Street they're still hiring
But for these jobs requiring
Past servicing untiring.

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