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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Now all the trade associations are throwing a fit.   I can’t believe there were so many idiotic deniers that let this get so awful.   I’ve been screaming about it for 3 years.   I’m so horribly disappointed in this city, which I used to love so much that I said if I ever got a tattoo it would be the DC flag.   I hope we finally do something and stop killing people with these ridiculous pro-criminal/anti-victim policies.

https://www.investmentcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/DC-Trade-Association-Letter-to-Mayor-and-City-Council-02.29.2024-.pdf[/quote]

The entire thing boils crime issue comes to capitalism vs. disproportionate impact. The stats are bad and so incarcerating people became less popular as social justice activists in the wake of George Floyd got the council’s ear and now all the policies are about wrap around services and alternatives to tough on crime stuff like violence interruptors.

This entire problem could be solved if the USAO didn’t suck and actually prosecuted and the council got serious about crime. But no we have lenient members like Allen who basically sides with the perpetrators or crime over victims.

Either get tough, like El Salvador, or watch this sht continue.[/quote]

The situation in El Salvador is absolutely remarkable. Salvadorans elected a tough on crime president. And he followed through. The murder rate declined by 70 percent in ONE year. Subsequently, the number of migrants from El Salvador declined precipitously. It's a safe country now and people are choosing to stay. The quality of life has dramatically improved and the economy is thriving.

Meanwhile, here in DC we let roughly 200 repeat violent criminals terrorize the city with impunity. And consequently, businesses are leaving. No one wants to go to the office anymore. Downtown is dead. Once bustling neighborhoods like Chinatown are becoming no-go zones. The major sports teams are leaving. Stores like CVS are getting repeatedly looted and now even detergent is locked up. Carjackings are up nearly a 1000 percent in a few short years. Murders are at twenty year highs. Traffic enforcement is non-existent. The metro consistently swells like weed. And people have become habituated to walking with their head on a swivel.

Until progressives are voted out, DC will continue to be sucked into a doom loop. As commercial real estate continues to slowly implode and revenues decline, more and more services will be cut. More people will leave. Fewer will choose to spend money in DC. And it just goes on and on. Bad things feeding on bad things.

All because the mayor, the city council, and the USAO refuse to lock up 200 violent felons. It's these roughly 220 people that are holding a city of 700,000 hostage. But this is what people voted for. Elections have consequences. The people of El Salvador chose law and order. And the people of DC chose mayhem.[/quote]

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