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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I want to start a petition against statehood, but yes to becoming a federal tax haven. Anyone with me?[/quote]

With the crush of telework impacting our budget, as vacant commercial office space piles up, we may need something to invigorate the tax base, before our liberal city council skips straigh to their favorites source, voting for massive tax increases on the “wealthy”.

I know weed will soon have a tax and regulatory scheme which will bolster our budget a little, but seriously imagine how many people would move to DC if it was a tax haven. I seriously give two shts about people being “displaced” if it were to happen because I believe gentrification is a myth. You can either afford to live somewhere or you can’t. Nothing is perpetual or permanent entitlement and none of your SJW bs will convince me otherwise. Just fking pass a bill so we don’t pay fed taxes as a tax haven.[/quote]

You do realize that, as part of this bill, the significant subsidies that the federal government pays to DC woudl go away, right?  And DC would have to foot the bill for everything?  So your DC taxes would skyrocket.  Also, despite frustrations with the IRS, does anyone think the DC government will be more efficient?  [/quote]

The federal government no longer pays “significant subsidies” for most of the local government here. We get the same formula-based funding that states get for things like highways, education, Medicaid, etc., and those might be affected by this completely hypothetical bill that isn’t going to pass. But it’s always worth keeping in mind for the debate over D.C.’s status that the city gets no special financial benefits from the Feds, and in fact, is usually owed money for costs incurred due to federal events (like inaugurations).[/quote]

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