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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Being a Progressive means you stand for certain things. One of which is an understanding that people with more resources need to be willing to contribute more of those resources than others with less, so that they may help out those who need it. This isn't a revolutionary concept, ok? Until such time as we have a fully equitable society where literally everyone has the same standard of living and there is no classism, there needs to be a mechanism where the government can even out the distribution of financial resources.[/quote]

Being a Progressive doesn't mean that you enjoy throwing money out a window though. MoCo and MCPS in particular has made too many serious mistakes and poor choices with the money they have been given by tax payers. If MCPS wasn't in the toilet, most wealthy people in MoCo wouldn't mind paying more taxes. Many of us are strong supporters of the wrap around programs in schools, health and human services, aggressive support for the homeless and other important social services. What we don't support is government without any oversight and declining schools.

Fix MCPS and there would be far more support within the county. At the rate MCPS is going though the wealthy in the west will just move to other counties/states which has already been steadily happening. When the prices drop in the west, the UMC/MC whites in the east will simply move in and leave the east with only poverty. The policies in play now are basically taking MoCo down 20 years while the surrounding areas like DC, VA, Howard and Frederick thrive. [/quote]

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