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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If possible too would it be possible to add a tax over the bridges leading to and from VA into the district?  This could generate significant $ and encourage people to be smarter regarding their commuting choices once we get back to normal conditions.[/quote]

You don’t get it. Companies don’t have to be in DC. They would just move their offices to VA. [/quote]

Companies don't have to be in NYC or SF either, and yet they are. If a commuter tax were enough to make them to move to Virginia, they'd be in Virginia already.[/quote]

That's a poor comparison.  A company being in the District versus Arlington or Bethesda would provide the same sort of office type, same geographical experience, same transit options, and would attract similar types of employees. [b] SF vs. Oakland: totally different and separated by a large bay and bridge. [/b] SF vs. Palo Alto: too far away from each other.  NYC vs. Hoboken/Jersey City: some similarities but the critical mass of business and amenities puts Manhattan in its own class.[/quote]

Yes, when you exaggerate the differences, the differences look bigger.

As for NYC vs Hoboken, one could say exactly the same thing about DC vs. Arlington or Bethesda: some similarities but the critical mass of business and amenities puts DC  in its own class. 
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Thats true for lobbying where proximity to Congress is important. Most other private employers are concentrated in Va or Md simply because there is more space. Also federal employees who work in the carved out new federal district would not pay the commuter tax. That would include Congress, The White House complex, and agencies in federal triangle and along the south side of the mall. DC’s height restrictions prevented DC from becoming the Manhattan of the region — too late now.

Im not sure the commuter tax would provide enough funds to cover the costs of courts, tuition assistance grants, and other programs currently funded by the Federal government. DC would likely need to increase income and/property taxes. [/quote]

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