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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kenyan is such a stooge. No thanks[/quote]

Who cares? A stooge? That's hardly the worst thing in the world.[/quote]

We've had it with Bowser for years and it sucks. Unless you're in her inner circle. No thanks to more of that.[/quote]

I think people are referring to the voting for "lesser of two evils" situation.  Since both candidates such, which one sucks less in your opinion?[/quote]

I don't think either sucks, but I am leaning toward Janeese Lewis George. I think we're ready for something new and different and I don't get all the hype here about her being a catastrophe. We can, in fact, do new good things without wrecking the city.

I don't think Kenyan McDuffie has bad political positions, but he sounds so insincere. I don't think he'd actually do anything meaningfully good.

What are you thinking? [/quote]

I think JLG thinks that every business owner or homeowner is rich. How will you pay for universal child care. I love it, but [b]are you going to raise my taxes in this economy?[/b] Why are you so supportive of tenant rights? I want to be empathetic, but I know so many homeowners who rented their homes and got stuck with deadbeat renters and they still have to pay the mortgage. Or small business owners. It's so hard to do business in the city. Why create more red tape and why is it so hard compared to other jurisdictions. Would love to pay more to restaurant workers, but most restaurant owners are not rich so it is very hard to pay these higher wages. I hear her ideas, but what offsets them? How do we get more revenue in the city? How do we get more efficiency in city government. What does she want to do with schools? She's never had a real leadership role and you want to run the city? She is my councilmember and her office is a mess. I just can't.[/quote]

I get survey requests from Janeese because I am an idiot who donated to her first campaign (what can I say, I hated Brandon Todd).  So I can tell you unequivocally that this is the plan.  1) Taxing capital gains at income tax rates, 2) some kind of ephemeral wealth tax on the top 5% of residents in the District (I'm sure the truly wealthy will find ways to shield themselves so this would likely hit the 80-90% bracket), and 3) a 2% tax on all businesses that do any business in the District but aren't already taxed.  Those are the options, and they all seem insane to me.  The problem with DC is not that they don't generate enough revenue through taxation.  It's that it's mismanaged once they've got it in their hands.[/quote]

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