What happens to DC specific tax laws if the Trump admin takes over?

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Anonymous wrote:I guess that’s what I’m wondering. Who’s tax laws do we follow?

Any change would require legislation. It’s not like all the local laws would go away immediately - like most crimes are DC code not federal crimes. They’ll stay around too, unless changed.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I guess that’s what I’m wondering. Who’s tax laws do we follow?

Any change would require legislation. It’s not like all the local laws would go away immediately - like most crimes are DC code not federal crimes. They’ll stay around too, unless changed.

Biden erased billions in federal loans for millions of people despite the Supreme Court saying it was illegal. So I think that’s why Trump thinks he has wide latitude here.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I guess that’s what I’m wondering. Who’s tax laws do we follow?

Any change would require legislation. It’s not like all the local laws would go away immediately - like most crimes are DC code not federal crimes. They’ll stay around too, unless changed.

Biden erased billions in federal loans for millions of people despite the Supreme Court saying it was illegal. So I think that’s why Trump thinks he has wide latitude here.

He tried to, but the courts struck down some of it, and allowed others of it. Law and all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Congress would need to strip home rule and write a new tax code for DC residents and businesses.

If it does that, it would also need to develop a new regime for things like building permits, zoning, DMV, streeet repairs, trash pick up, social services, affordable housing, healthcare etc.

Y’ver work with DCRA? I would love if Congress took over our building permit process.

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The incentive is that their rich pals could snap up homes and not pay taxes. While probably pushing current residents out.

No one is pushed unless they sell.

DC is majority renters, and rent would go up considerably, so plenty of people would be pushed.

If rents go up considerably, then wages would also have to go up

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I guess that’s what I’m wondering. Who’s tax laws do we follow?

Any change would require legislation. It’s not like all the local laws would go away immediately - like most crimes are DC code not federal crimes. They’ll stay around too, unless changed.

No they are doing away with all those laws.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Congress would need to strip home rule and write a new tax code for DC residents and businesses.

If it does that, it would also need to develop a new regime for things like building permits, zoning, DMV, streeet repairs, trash pick up, social services, affordable housing, healthcare etc.

Y’ver work with DCRA? I would love if Congress took over our building permit process.

My recent DCRA experience was pretty smooth…it’s historic district nonsense that needs to be overhauled.

Honestly, my day-to-day interactions with DC are all pretty smooth. No wait at the Georgetown DMV…made a 311 pothole complaint and it was filled within 24 hours…filed to remove a dying tree and a DC arborist came out and gave the thumbs up within 48 hours…streets were plowed quickly in last snow storms…etc.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Congress would need to strip home rule and write a new tax code for DC residents and businesses.

If it does that, it would also need to develop a new regime for things like building permits, zoning, DMV, streeet repairs, trash pick up, social services, affordable housing, healthcare etc.

Y’ver work with DCRA? I would love if Congress took over our building permit process.

My recent DCRA experience was pretty smooth…it’s historic district nonsense that needs to be overhauled.

Honestly, my day-to-day interactions with DC are all pretty smooth. No wait at the Georgetown DMV…made a 311 pothole complaint and it was filled within 24 hours…filed to remove a dying tree and a DC arborist came out and gave the thumbs up within 48 hours…streets were plowed quickly in last snow storms…etc.

Same here. The DC311 app is awesome - stuff gets taken care of pretty quickly and I probably report something weekly. Bulk trash pickup from my house is an amazing service - they recently hauled away my broken water heater. DPW is great at fixing potholes, DOT with fixing issues with street lights. My experiences with DC DMV have all been super smooth. I'll report illegally parked cars and they are usually ticketed within hours.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The Congress would need to strip home rule and write a new tax code for DC residents and businesses.

If it does that, it would also need to develop a new regime for things like building permits, zoning, DMV, streeet repairs, trash pick up, social services, affordable housing, healthcare etc.

Y’ver work with DCRA? I would love if Congress took over our building permit process.

DCRA is actually really easy to work with. If congress took it over you would cry about how bad congress is. Complainers will always find something to complain about.

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Anonymous wrote:No federal income tax! Watch the real estate prices go crazy!

Why would any R members of Congress vote to eliminate taxes in a city that voted 92 percent for Harris? Not only is this terrible policy (in part because it would guarantee huge rent increases and drive home prices way up), it’s also bad politics. Not happening.

How long do you think it would remain that way? The Republicans cou,d point to DC and say look what happens when you remove Income tax.

As for bad policy please you think they care?

I just don’t think there’s any political incentive for Republican lawmakers to vote to give all of us massive tax cuts. Washington is the enemy.

The incentive is that their rich pals could snap up homes and not pay taxes. While probably pushing current residents out.

Yes but how would they defend giving tax cuts to liberal Washingtonians in the first place? Again, think about how unpopular we, the people who live here, are to most Republican House primary voters around the country. There’s no way they will vote to do this.

Easily. They would say look at the “hell hole” Washington DC is now. We remove the burden on income tax, limit local taxes and remove the consumer protections laws, DC will be turned in to Monaco. Plus all the staff, senators and representatives living in DC will not have to pay taxes.

Apartments will be turned in to condos, vacant office buildings with be either converted to condos or used as headquarters. It will be great!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

The incentive is that their rich pals could snap up homes and not pay taxes. While probably pushing current residents out.

No one is pushed unless they sell.

People are pushed when rising property values increase their property taxes, and they cant afford it anymore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Congress would need to strip home rule and write a new tax code for DC residents and businesses.

If it does that, it would also need to develop a new regime for things like building permits, zoning, DMV, streeet repairs, trash pick up, social services, affordable housing, healthcare etc.

Y’ver work with DCRA? I would love if Congress took over our building permit process.

My recent DCRA experience was pretty smooth…it’s historic district nonsense that needs to be overhauled.

Honestly, my day-to-day interactions with DC are all pretty smooth. No wait at the Georgetown DMV…made a 311 pothole complaint and it was filled within 24 hours…filed to remove a dying tree and a DC arborist came out and gave the thumbs up within 48 hours…streets were plowed quickly in last snow storms…etc.

Same here. The DC311 app is awesome - stuff gets taken care of pretty quickly and I probably report something weekly. Bulk trash pickup from my house is an amazing service - they recently hauled away my broken water heater. DPW is great at fixing potholes, DOT with fixing issues with street lights. My experiences with DC DMV have all been super smooth. I'll report illegally parked cars and they are usually ticketed within hours.

Same here. I think folks are stuck on the refrains from the 80s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Congress would need to strip home rule and write a new tax code for DC residents and businesses.

If it does that, it would also need to develop a new regime for things like building permits, zoning, DMV, streeet repairs, trash pick up, social services, affordable housing, healthcare etc.

Y’ver work with DCRA? I would love if Congress took over our building permit process.

Congress can't even pass a temporary budget!

[Anonymous]

Pay attention: the only people who push to eliminate Home Rule in DC are Republicans. The bills to repeal home rule are always introduced by Republicans. There are reasons for this.

Prior to Home Rule, a Congressional Committee, all appointed by the President, governed DC. The committee had ultimate authority over D.C., with the ability to table or vote against any laws or funding concerning the District. The Chair of that committee had the authority to starve DC, to decide what was legal or not legal (abortion anyone?????), who could build, who could open a store, literally everything in the hands of one man appointed by the President. For a long time that was Rep. John L. McMillan, a segregationist Democrat from South Carolina.

DC used to be called the MacMillan Plantation, and its citizens do not wish to be enslaved again by Trump and his Congress.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No federal income tax! Watch the real estate prices go crazy!

Why would any R members of Congress vote to eliminate taxes in a city that voted 92 percent for Harris? Not only is this terrible policy (in part because it would guarantee huge rent increases and drive home prices way up), it’s also bad politics. Not happening.

How long do you think it would remain that way? The Republicans cou,d point to DC and say look what happens when you remove Income tax.

As for bad policy please you think they care?

I just don’t think there’s any political incentive for Republican lawmakers to vote to give all of us massive tax cuts. Washington is the enemy.

The incentive is that their rich pals could snap up homes and not pay taxes. While probably pushing current residents out.

This. They’ll figure out how to capitalize. DC has value, it can’t be just throw away. There is a lot of new construction, tons of empty offices on a well developed pleasant urban grid of medium density and with a decent public transit (which needs cleaning up). `It’s centrally located and has a mild seasonal weather. And cannot be entirely rundown because this doesn’t look good for MAGA projecting the image of a powerful nation.

Tech billionaires might take interest in DC and create another tech hub using cheap empty buildings and fairly reasonably priced RE for their workers compared to other tech hubs like SV, NYC, and increasingly more expensive Austin, which is now the same price as DC. Talent doesn’t like to live in rural land or satellite cities, they gravitate towards certain amenities, which this area has plenty of. Throwing it away would mean to throw away all the money that went into developing this over last several decades. Right now most of DC problems are from lack of people and soft-on-crime policies.

First of all, Metro is in great shape and recovering nicely from COViD.
second, DC is in great shape fiscally and still has an AAA+ bond rating, something most states don't have.
Third, there are 700,000 people living in the city, there isn't a lack of people.

Is the Council a little too progressive? Maybe, but that is what the people who live here and pay taxes here voted for.