“If regular visits with prostitutes kept the political class from launching trillion-dollar war- and welfare programs, and financing Fanny, Freddy and the Fed—I would personally contribute to a prostitution fund for Washington whores. The prostitutes would be the patriots.”

—  Ilana Mercer

“Uncle Sam turns tricks (& stiffs sex workers),” http://www.ilanamercer.com/phprunner/public_article_list_view.php?editid1=650 RT, May 11, 2012.
2010s, 2012

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