On Fox5 tonight - Trump wants to end Home Rule

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Be careful what you wish for, those of you in DC government jobs will find yourself without a job.

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Anonymous wrote:Be careful what you wish for, those of you in DC government jobs will find yourself without a job.

Maybe. But there would be thousands of new private sector jobs created if DC did not have to pay federal income tax.

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Maybe. But there would be thousands of new private sector jobs created if DC did not have to pay federal income tax.

What a foolish thought! If the feds stop hiring the private sector is going to follow suit.

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Don’t like Trump, but yall not interested in a side of Representation to go with your Taxation?

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Mayor Bowser is hoping against hope that one of the socialists on the Council don’t do anything stupid this week.

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Anonymous wrote:Be careful what you wish for, those of you in DC government jobs will find yourself without a job.

Maybe. But there would be thousands of new private sector jobs created if DC did not have to pay federal income tax.

Like Trump or the republicans are smart enough to remove federal income taxes from DC. They are not and they do not care about DC residents. They just want the DC police department under their control to crush protesters. Do not look for them to have trash pick up, clear the road after snow, stopping crime, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm basically 100% against the Trump agenda and I'm okay with this. We tried home rule and we effing suck at it.

Well, maybe we would suck a lot less if we had voting members in Congress who could advocate for our rights.

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Anonymous wrote:Anthony Williams did a fantastic job. Then just low quality mayors, although fenty was ok. And low, low quality council members. We used some highly qualified, smart people on the council, like David Catania. But we have no right to expect competence from the modern left. It is why all cities suck. Sometimes you get lucky and the city becomes so poorly run that it goes into BR and for a period of time, competent adults are placed in charge. But them they leave, the crazy self destructive policies return and the city drifts back into lawlessness and suicidal empathy - never-ending cycle. If you would have told me in 2015 DC would be a homeless tent city, at or near all time violent crime rates by 2025, I would have said you are crazy. And yet here we are.

What If someone also told you that homelessness and crime go up as poverty goes up? So the same person that wants to fire government workers also wants to run the city?

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Anonymous wrote:Something needs to be done as current system isn't working.

Exactly. DC is a hot mess.

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Anonymous wrote:Anthony Williams did a fantastic job. Then just low quality mayors, although fenty was ok. And low, low quality council members. We used some highly qualified, smart people on the council, like David Catania. But we have no right to expect competence from the modern left. It is why all cities suck. Sometimes you get lucky and the city becomes so poorly run that it goes into BR and for a period of time, competent adults are placed in charge. But them they leave, the crazy self destructive policies return and the city drifts back into lawlessness and suicidal empathy - never-ending cycle. If you would have told me in 2015 DC would be a homeless tent city, at or near all time violent crime rates by 2025, I would have said you are crazy. And yet here we are.

Bring back appointed mayors already!

Yet another strong voice for Democracy?

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Anonymous wrote:Something needs to be done as current system isn't working.

Exactly. DC is a hot mess.

A hot mess where the city has a better bond rating that any state, per capita federal taxation is the highest in the country, houses sell for 7 figures and demand for rental units is through the roof.

Compare that to the average red state with lower GDP, higher per capita crime and youth climbing to leave for blue cities.

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Anonymous wrote:I mean, when you have feral girl gangs running the streets killing men and getting away with it, or ongoing street shootings leaving innocent children dead or fighting for the lives - and nothing changes ever - is this such a bad thing? D.C. can't seem to get its sh*t together long enough to elect capable leadership. Biden's secret service detail were carjacked in Georgetown while on duty, for pity's sakes. This is not just bad, it's ridiculous.

Maybe this is not a bad thing. D.C. has had bad leadership for decades.

The federal government is already in charge of "all things crime" in DC. Now that you know that, what is your argument?

That the federal government should start enforcing it. If they do nothing else but stop young boys and men in DC from killing and maiming each other that would be a win. What DC is doing isn't working. In 2023 the murder rate was as high as it's been in almost 30 years.

The federal government can do that now. It has nothing to do with Home Rule. It's literally the feds who are dropping the ball on crime. So if you care about crime, more fed control is the wrong approach.

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Anonymous wrote:Don’t like Trump, but yall not interested in a side of Representation to go with your Taxation?

That will never happen while Republicans are in control. Also has nothing to do with Home Rule.

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Anonymous wrote:Something needs to be done as current system isn't working.

Exactly. DC is a hot mess.

Says who?

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Anonymous wrote:Not sure if it is a good idea, but better than current DC government. The crime in DC is terrible.

That's because the feds are in charge of dealing with crime in DC after our police do their jobs.