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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Bureau of Labor Statistics says we lost 103,900 jobs in the past year. Maybe this is something the mayoral candidates should address?

https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2026/washington-dc-metropolitan-area-lost-103900-jobs-from-january-2025-to-january-2026.htm[/quote]

How exactly is a mayor going to improve this? Be realistic[/quote]

Is this a real question? How about by not being incredibly hostile to businesses? That would be a good place to start. [/quote]

Mayors have such limited ability to deal with the macro issues that are impacting jobs. Being "less hostile" to business is going to have negligible impacts, if any.[/quote]

Are you dumb or just insane? [/quote]

Really don't think you know who the world works.  [/quote]

DC leads the country in job losses. If this was happening in any other city, it would be a five alarm fire. [/quote]

Other cities aren't beholden to the whims of the federal executive branch.  [/quote]

Other cities have politicians who actually try to make their economies better. [/quote]

Please explain in detail how one would do that in DC? And if your answer is "be less hostile to business" then you're not being serious at all. [/quote]

There's only a couple places in the United States that have higher taxes on businesses than DC. The amount of regulatory bullshit we make employers deal with is  simply incredible. DC completely stacks the deck against employers in disputes with regular people so that business can never win. It's not surprising if employers are choosing between DC and some other place, they go somewhere else. [/quote]

K.[/quote]

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