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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The council is so good at figuring out new ways to take our money! This is on top of recently raising property tax rates and the recordation tax, of course.

"On or about July 8, 2023, Saturday payment will be required in garages and lots.  Rates and hours requiring payment will be the same as the rest of the week."

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/DOT-Parking/FAQ/using-meters.html

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Poor drivers. Won't someone think of the drivers?[/quote]

Poor county council, nonprofits, snd community activists. Whatever will they do without more taxpayer money!!!? We gotta make sure they can eat! [/quote]

Eh. "Free" parking subsidizes drivers and driving. End driver/driving subsidies.[/quote]

End lunch subsidies, housing subsidies, electric power tool and car subsidies, solar panel subsidies, etc. etc.

End it all![/quote]

That's an unnuanced view of public policy. In the nuanced view, we subsidize behaviors/actions we want to encourage, and remove subsidies from behaviors/actions we don't want to encourage. We want to encourage kids having lunches, people having housing, and clean(er), local energy sources. We don't want to, and don't need to, encourage driving.[/quote]

Honestly, you sound so privileged. You sound like a rich brat to me. I grew up dirt poor here in Montgomery County with my parents not owning a car. We took the bus everywhere and it took hours of our lives to get to work, to get to school, to get groceries and basic necessities. It took two hours every morning to get to work because of bus transfers. To get home from the grocery store, with everybody, holding two bags of groceries, it would take us about 40 minutes. As soon as my parents could scrape up enough money to buy a car, they did, and it vastly improved our lives. So get off your high horse, talking about walking and taking the bus everywhere.[/quote]

I don't drive, my taxes shouldn't pay for your free parking, you rich, entitled brat.[/quote]

Let’s play this game.

I don’t use the Library, my taxes shouldn’t pay for your library books.
I don’t have kids in school, my taxes shouldn’t pay for your kids education.
I don’t use county parks, my taxes shouldn’t have to pay for your recreation.
I don’t take the buses, my taxes shouldn’t have to pay subsidize your public transportation.
Anyway, it’s been fun playing this game with you, but I’m done with your obnoxious entitlement.
 
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DP. Public libraries, public education, public parks, and public transportation benefit everyone in society, whether or not they use them. "Free" public parking doesn't.[/quote]

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