GOP spending bill seeking immediate $1 billion in cuts to DC budget

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Hopefully, unless the CR is written to include clarifying language that this does NOT effect DC's budget it won't get the 60+ votes that it needs in the Senate. (ie. it needs 7 Democrats in the Senate to vote yes assuming all Republicans do.)

The Democrats don't care either. We are on our own as always.

Wish Bowser had made the hard budget decision of cutting from the billions in new spending that have been added over the last few years before it came to this.

What does this mean??

Uh, maybe her very costly obsession with taking away driving lanes and parking all around the District and adding bike lanes and millions of flexi posts? All of it was completely unnecessary and it did not result in fewer pedestrian deaths. It resulted in many times more.

recent statistics defy your assertion

The D.C. region is twice as deadly for pedestrians as a decade ago

Despite promises from leaders to eliminate pedestrian deaths, walking in the region is getting more dangerous.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/02/23/pedestrian-deaths-dc-region/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hopefully, unless the CR is written to include clarifying language that this does NOT effect DC's budget it won't get the 60+ votes that it needs in the Senate. (ie. it needs 7 Democrats in the Senate to vote yes assuming all Republicans do.)

The Democrats don't care either. We are on our own as always.

Wish Bowser had made the hard budget decision of cutting from the billions in new spending that have been added over the last few years before it came to this.

What does this mean??

Uh, maybe her very costly obsession with taking away driving lanes and parking all around the District and adding bike lanes and millions of flexi posts? All of it was completely unnecessary and it did not result in fewer pedestrian deaths. It resulted in many times more.

recent statistics defy your assertion

The D.C. region is twice as deadly for pedestrians as a decade ago

Despite promises from leaders to eliminate pedestrian deaths, walking in the region is getting more dangerous.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/02/23/pedestrian-deaths-dc-region/

It is clear that more rigorous enforcement and better infrastructure are needed to deter speeding drivers.

[Anonymous]

This is unconscionable.

This will punish our children because of the carelessness of a wanna be dictator.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hopefully, unless the CR is written to include clarifying language that this does NOT effect DC's budget it won't get the 60+ votes that it needs in the Senate. (ie. it needs 7 Democrats in the Senate to vote yes assuming all Republicans do.)

The Democrats don't care either. We are on our own as always.

Wish Bowser had made the hard budget decision of cutting from the billions in new spending that have been added over the last few years before it came to this.

What does this mean??

Uh, maybe her very costly obsession with taking away driving lanes and parking all around the District and adding bike lanes and millions of flexi posts? All of it was completely unnecessary and it did not result in fewer pedestrian deaths. It resulted in many times more.

recent statistics defy your assertion

The D.C. region is twice as deadly for pedestrians as a decade ago

Despite promises from leaders to eliminate pedestrian deaths, walking in the region is getting more dangerous.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/02/23/pedestrian-deaths-dc-region/

So things got worse after they started doing all that and it was safer before.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is unconscionable.

This will punish our children because of the carelessness of a wanna be dictator.

And save the federal government 0 dollars. Where are the DC resident MAGAs that love to post in this forum? Who posted about wanting Trump elected to save DC?

Suddenly so quiet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hopefully, unless the CR is written to include clarifying language that this does NOT effect DC's budget it won't get the 60+ votes that it needs in the Senate. (ie. it needs 7 Democrats in the Senate to vote yes assuming all Republicans do.)

The Democrats don't care either. We are on our own as always.

Wish Bowser had made the hard budget decision of cutting from the billions in new spending that have been added over the last few years before it came to this.

What does this mean??

Uh, maybe her very costly obsession with taking away driving lanes and parking all around the District and adding bike lanes and millions of flexi posts? All of it was completely unnecessary and it did not result in fewer pedestrian deaths. It resulted in many times more.

recent statistics defy your assertion

The D.C. region is twice as deadly for pedestrians as a decade ago

Despite promises from leaders to eliminate pedestrian deaths, walking in the region is getting more dangerous.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/02/23/pedestrian-deaths-dc-region/

So things got worse after they started doing all that and it was safer before.

Confusing correlation with causation is suggestive of a deficient education and/or cognitive issues. You have our sympathy in either case.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hopefully, unless the CR is written to include clarifying language that this does NOT effect DC's budget it won't get the 60+ votes that it needs in the Senate. (ie. it needs 7 Democrats in the Senate to vote yes assuming all Republicans do.)

The Democrats don't care either. We are on our own as always.

Wish Bowser had made the hard budget decision of cutting from the billions in new spending that have been added over the last few years before it came to this.

What does this mean??

Uh, maybe her very costly obsession with taking away driving lanes and parking all around the District and adding bike lanes and millions of flexi posts? All of it was completely unnecessary and it did not result in fewer pedestrian deaths. It resulted in many times more.

recent statistics defy your assertion

The D.C. region is twice as deadly for pedestrians as a decade ago

Despite promises from leaders to eliminate pedestrian deaths, walking in the region is getting more dangerous.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/02/23/pedestrian-deaths-dc-region/

So things got worse after they started doing all that and it was safer before.

Confusing correlation with causation is suggestive of a deficient education and/or cognitive issues. You have our sympathy in either case.

Kind of ironic, dont ya think.

Your entire argument is that causation is irrelevent.

But it doesn't matter. The bottom line is that we need to cut to budget and these programs are not popular. They should be the first thing to go.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hopefully, unless the CR is written to include clarifying language that this does NOT effect DC's budget it won't get the 60+ votes that it needs in the Senate. (ie. it needs 7 Democrats in the Senate to vote yes assuming all Republicans do.)

The Democrats don't care either. We are on our own as always.

Wish Bowser had made the hard budget decision of cutting from the billions in new spending that have been added over the last few years before it came to this.

What does this mean??

Uh, maybe her very costly obsession with taking away driving lanes and parking all around the District and adding bike lanes and millions of flexi posts? All of it was completely unnecessary and it did not result in fewer pedestrian deaths. It resulted in many times more.

recent statistics defy your assertion

The D.C. region is twice as deadly for pedestrians as a decade ago

Despite promises from leaders to eliminate pedestrian deaths, walking in the region is getting more dangerous.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/02/23/pedestrian-deaths-dc-region/

Oh look, someone is conflating the region with DC proper again.

[Anonymous]

You really don't care about DC, do you, if you can turn this into another conversation about bikes, cars, and pedestrians?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is unconscionable.

This will punish our children because of the carelessness of a wanna be dictator.

And save the federal government 0 dollars. Where are the DC resident MAGAs that love to post in this forum? Who posted about wanting Trump elected to save DC?

Suddenly so quiet.

Yeah, I thought Trump was going to solve crime and make the city beautiful again.

Now it looks like DC will actually need to cut its services, fire teachers, fire police officers overnight-- for absolutely no reason.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You really don't care about DC, do you, if you can turn this into another conversation about bikes, cars, and pedestrians?

We have to cut a billion dollars from the budget and cutting obligated future spending on luxury projects is the lowest hanging fruit. Doing so doesn't cost any money and doesn't make anything worse yet it shows up as savings on the balance sheet. It's a no brainer. Especially because they aren't even popular.

I'm sorry that your pet project needs to be cut but firing teachers in order to build bike lanes would be reprehensible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We will need to cut $600 million in capital expenditures through 2029. Surely there are some in there that we don't really need. Let Congress be the bad guy and we can clean up our own house. We all know that there is a lot of fat in the DC budget. There's also federal things that we spend money on which should stop.

That way, when the full takeover happens we'll be better prepared financially and morally for the effort still to come.

What is the full takeover?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is unconscionable.

This will punish our children because of the carelessness of a wanna be dictator.

And save the federal government 0 dollars. Where are the DC resident MAGAs that love to post in this forum? Who posted about wanting Trump elected to save DC?

Suddenly so quiet.

Of course it's not going to the federal budget. The savings will be used to tear up bike lanes, hire LEOs that will do their job, and develop real estate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We will need to cut $600 million in capital expenditures through 2029. Surely there are some in there that we don't really need. Let Congress be the bad guy and we can clean up our own house. We all know that there is a lot of fat in the DC budget. There's also federal things that we spend money on which should stop.

That way, when the full takeover happens we'll be better prepared financially and morally for the effort still to come.

What is the full takeover?

They are laying the groundwork to claim that DC is a federal agency and therefore subject to the whims and control of the Executive Branch.

Taking that implication a step further then brings up the question of what happens to any hypothetical DC tax surpluses. Do they go into our rainy day fund, which is the current procedure, or do they go into the general US Treasury fund, which is what happens with federal agencies?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You really don't care about DC, do you, if you can turn this into another conversation about bikes, cars, and pedestrians?

We have to cut a billion dollars from the budget and cutting obligated future spending on luxury projects is the lowest hanging fruit. Doing so doesn't cost any money and doesn't make anything worse yet it shows up as savings on the balance sheet. It's a no brainer. Especially because they aren't even popular.

I'm sorry that your pet project needs to be cut but firing teachers in order to build bike lanes would be reprehensible.

We're halfway through the fiscal year. Everything-- schools, public safety, services -- is going to be seriously cut. I don't even know what you're advocating against -- bike lanes? That's not going to cut it.