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Reader believes veterans and tax payers deserve better

| October 18, 2013 6:00 AM

"The gleaming temples of Democracy that tourists visit in Washington (D.C.), the marble shrines to great leaders and great ideals, are no longer an appropriate emblem for the nation's capital. Washington (D.C.) now is more aptly visualized as a grand bazaar - a steamy marketplace of tents, stalls, and noisy peddlers. The din of buying and selling drowns out patriotic music." (William Grieder, author, Who Will Tell the People: The Betrayal of American Democracy, April 1992.)

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