Anonymous wrote:MoCo's budget is busted because of health and human services, which are up 8-9% annually since 2019, and MCPS / fire / police pension funding. Covid obsession + taking care of illegal immigrants + giving in to unions takes it toll. We can't do this indefinitely.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
If you prefer living somewhere where you need to pay for every single separate service, like garbage removal, and where schools are cesspools with no decent curriculum, and where there are no social services for the poor, and no money for cultural endeavors and libraries, then by all means, move to a lower-tax state.
What you may not perceive from your vantage point of self-absorption, is that the more taxes are spent to benefit the population and lift up those with needs, the safer and better-off everyone is... even the ones who are not recipients of some of these services. Otherwise you let inequality fester, and all the problems it entails.
Inequality will fester here regardless since it’s a sanctuary county and disproportionate destination for the world’s downtrodden.
Ha ha ha!
Oh, my poor dear. You don't know what you're talking about. Montgomery County is one of the richest counties of the USA, one with a lot of social services the county can afford, since it's wealthy, and where inequality is low (for a American location; we're not at the level of European socialservices, and yet they have a ton of migrants too!).
The next decades won't change that, because the wealth comes proximity to the center of power.
Exactly, Bethesda and Potomac can continue to subsidize MoCos every dream and want.
I live in Bethesda and I'm happy to do that. Noblesse oblige.
obnoxious
Anonymous wrote:And thanks to taxes we have better services than many other places.
Suits me.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
If you prefer living somewhere where you need to pay for every single separate service, like garbage removal, and where schools are cesspools with no decent curriculum, and where there are no social services for the poor, and no money for cultural endeavors and libraries, then by all means, move to a lower-tax state.
What you may not perceive from your vantage point of self-absorption, is that the more taxes are spent to benefit the population and lift up those with needs, the safer and better-off everyone is... even the ones who are not recipients of some of these services. Otherwise you let inequality fester, and all the problems it entails.
Inequality will fester here regardless since it’s a sanctuary county and disproportionate destination for the world’s downtrodden.
Ha ha ha!
Oh, my poor dear. You don't know what you're talking about. Montgomery County is one of the richest counties of the USA, one with a lot of social services the county can afford, since it's wealthy, and where inequality is low (for a American location; we're not at the level of European socialservices, and yet they have a ton of migrants too!).
The next decades won't change that, because the wealth comes proximity to the center of power.
Exactly, Bethesda and Potomac can continue to subsidize MoCos every dream and want.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
If you prefer living somewhere where you need to pay for every single separate service, like garbage removal, and where schools are cesspools with no decent curriculum, and where there are no social services for the poor, and no money for cultural endeavors and libraries, then by all means, move to a lower-tax state.
What you may not perceive from your vantage point of self-absorption, is that the more taxes are spent to benefit the population and lift up those with needs, the safer and better-off everyone is... even the ones who are not recipients of some of these services. Otherwise you let inequality fester, and all the problems it entails.
Inequality will fester here regardless since it’s a sanctuary county and disproportionate destination for the world’s downtrodden.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:oooooh, 5%!
privilege
Anonymous wrote:oooooh, 5%!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
If you prefer living somewhere where you need to pay for every single separate service, like garbage removal, and where schools are cesspools with no decent curriculum, and where there are no social services for the poor, and no money for cultural endeavors and libraries, then by all means, move to a lower-tax state.
What you may not perceive from your vantage point of self-absorption, is that the more taxes are spent to benefit the population and lift up those with needs, the safer and better-off everyone is... even the ones who are not recipients of some of these services. Otherwise you let inequality fester, and all the problems it entails.
Inequality will fester here regardless since it’s a sanctuary county and disproportionate destination for the world’s downtrodden.
Ha ha ha!
Oh, my poor dear. You don't know what you're talking about. Montgomery County is one of the richest counties of the USA, one with a lot of social services the county can afford, since it's wealthy, and where inequality is low (for a American location; we're not at the level of European socialservices, and yet they have a ton of migrants too!).
The next decades won't change that, because the wealth comes proximity to the center of power.
Exactly, Bethesda and Potomac can continue to subsidize MoCos every dream and want.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
If you prefer living somewhere where you need to pay for every single separate service, like garbage removal, and where schools are cesspools with no decent curriculum, and where there are no social services for the poor, and no money for cultural endeavors and libraries, then by all means, move to a lower-tax state.
What you may not perceive from your vantage point of self-absorption, is that the more taxes are spent to benefit the population and lift up those with needs, the safer and better-off everyone is... even the ones who are not recipients of some of these services. Otherwise you let inequality fester, and all the problems it entails.
Inequality will fester here regardless since it’s a sanctuary county and disproportionate destination for the world’s downtrodden.
Ha ha ha!
Oh, my poor dear. You don't know what you're talking about. Montgomery County is one of the richest counties of the USA, one with a lot of social services the county can afford, since it's wealthy, and where inequality is low (for a American location; we're not at the level of European socialservices, and yet they have a ton of migrants too!).
The next decades won't change that, because the wealth comes proximity to the center of power.
No. Montgomery County is slipping further and further behind. I bet within the next five years MoCo will be the poorest in the region and have the worst economy in the region. Elrich has been in county government for 20 years which has directly correlated with MoCo economic decline. Unsurprising for a guy who emulates Hugo Chavez
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
If you prefer living somewhere where you need to pay for every single separate service, like garbage removal, and where schools are cesspools with no decent curriculum, and where there are no social services for the poor, and no money for cultural endeavors and libraries, then by all means, move to a lower-tax state.
What you may not perceive from your vantage point of self-absorption, is that the more taxes are spent to benefit the population and lift up those with needs, the safer and better-off everyone is... even the ones who are not recipients of some of these services. Otherwise you let inequality fester, and all the problems it entails.
Inequality will fester here regardless since it’s a sanctuary county and disproportionate destination for the world’s downtrodden.
Ha ha ha!
Oh, my poor dear. You don't know what you're talking about. Montgomery County is one of the richest counties of the USA, one with a lot of social services the county can afford, since it's wealthy, and where inequality is low (for a American location; we're not at the level of European socialservices, and yet they have a ton of migrants too!).
The next decades won't change that, because the wealth comes proximity to the center of power.