Rick Santorum Recommend this article  You may be hearing a lot
these days about the growing separation of the elites in America
from everyone else, about how those at the very top in our
country are playing by a different set of rules and have
different realities than the millions of working families across
America. Well, I agree with this view, and sadly, I see it
getting worse by the day. And nowhere is it as bad as it is on
Capitol Hill.  The vast majority of the people we elect to
represent us are good, honorable people who set off with nothing
but the most genuine motives and desires to protect the
interests of their constituents back home. But as we have seen,
once they arrive in Washington, something takes hold of them.
They enjoy new perks, new benefits and new comforts that quickly
cause them to lose sight of why they are there.  One example of
this that made some news recently is the Senate barbershop,
which costs taxpayers more than $350,000 a year. Taxpayers are
legitimately outraged that Washingt