Andrew Klavan on DC Siphoning Off America’s Wealth, and the ‘Make-Believe Value’ of Washington | Facts Matter

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🗓️ 4 March 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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In this compelling episode of Facts Matter, we sit down with bestselling author and cultural commentator Andrew Klavan to unpack the hidden dynamics draining America’s vitality. Klavan dives into how Washington, D.C., acts as a wealth-siphoning machine, pulling resources from the heart of the nation while offering little of substance in return. From bloated bureaucracy to the illusion of prosperity, he exposes what he calls the ‘make-believe value’ of the capital—where power and posturing masquerade as progress. Expect sharp insights, unfiltered takes, and a fearless dissection of the political elite’s game. Tune in for a conversation that cuts through the noise and gets to the core of what’s really at stake

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0:00.0	Andrew Cleveland, thank you so much for joining us.
0:02.0	It's a pleasure to be here, thanks.
0:04.0	So let me ask you this.
0:06.0	People say elections have consequences.
0:08.0	You just told me you live here in the Washington DC general area.
0:12.0	One of the consequences of the election seems to be that if you go on Zillow right now,
0:17.0	there's like 4,000 new listings and the median household price has fallen by $139,000.
0:24.4	What does that mean?
0:25.8	Well, it should, right?
0:27.2	I mean, this is many of the richest counties in America surround Washington, D.C.
0:31.9	Many of them surround New York, many of them surround L.A.
0:34.8	Think about that.
0:35.5	New York is the financial center of the world.
0:38.1	L.A. of course, is the movie business, which is one of the great businesses in America.
0:42.2	What do people make here? Nothing. They don't produce anything. They don't build anything.
0:46.8	They just take stuff, you know. And so all the money that has come flowing in, I've been coming
0:51.1	to D.C. all my life. And I remember the day during the Obama
0:55.7	administration when I was walking down the street and suddenly I realized the girls were more
0:59.6	beautiful, everybody was better dressed. Suddenly it looked a lot more like Hollywood than it should
1:04.4	have. And I thought, oh, because they have all our money. And the fact is that when you have
1:08.9	a government, the taxes to a rate of 50%, which the founders
1:12.2	would have just started two wars over, not just one, when you have a government that does that,
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