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What does it mean?
Hope links visits to Washington with proximity to his financial interests.
In plain terms
Government ties affect personal finances.
What can you take from it?
Money influences where we go.

Where it applies

  • discussing politics
  • joking about government

Putting it to work

  • critique politics
  • acknowledge interests

Questions to consider

  • Why do you visit political centers?
  • What drives your decisions?

Another view

It assumes all motives for visiting capitals are financial.

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