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An FBI director makes less than 200k, and will be very politically connected and influential; an engineer making that much probably has as much political influe
by analyst74 4y ago
An FBI director makes less than 200k, and will be very politically connected and influential; an engineer making that much probably has as much political influence as people living in the projects.
Money can buy political influence, but that's beyond the reach of lower echelon of wealthy.
- imgabe 4y agoNot only that, but the FBI director is appointed by the President, which means the President knows who they are and personally wanted them to do that job (or at least the President's trusted staff recommended them). The same is going to be true of a lot of people living in Kalorama - they're on "personally know the President" level of political influence or they work directly for someone who does. It's the neighborhood where Obama lived after his term ended. It's where Ivanka Trump and Jared Kuschner lived during Trump's presidency. That kind of thing. It's a little different than a standard affluent neighborhood of doctors and lawyers and executives that you might find in any random city in the US.