I was in DC a couple of days ago and shocked by how empty it was. Is that typical for August?

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Anonymous wrote:Decreased tourism is a negative side effect, but we must secure our borders and remove the foreign nationals who pose a threat to our country.

You sound like you believe tourism is insignificant to the United States. It is one of the largest service industries in the US, rivalling healthcare and finance. It brings in hundreds of billions in revenue and support millions of jobs.

More. Over two trillion in each of the last couple of years.

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Anonymous wrote:We ski twice/year out west in Utah and Colorado. Not going to Utah anymore, all Colorado. Eff them.

Do you only spend money in blue Congressional districts?

I avoid, at all costs, red states. And when in red states for business, I avoid the red cities. My money, my choice.

Anonymous wrote:Decreased tourism is a negative side effect, but we must secure our borders and remove the foreign nationals who pose a threat to our country.

You sound like you believe tourism is insignificant to the United States. It is one of the largest service industries in the US, rivalling healthcare and finance. It brings in hundreds of billions in revenue and support millions of jobs.

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Now that the foreigners have to pay for their own military protection and can't out tariff rip off the the USA they don't have money left to travel. Boo Hoo.

You mean now that Americans are paying all of the international Trump Taxes?

It never ceases to amaze me how so many dopey MAGAs still believe the tariffs are being paid by foreign countries and that it's "bringing money in." No money is coming in to the country. The money is coming from American consumers.

Indeed, and look at the top 10 states that have the most people in financial distress - 9 out of the 10 are red.

https://wallethub.com/edu/states-with-the-most-people-in-financial-distress/130790

Nevada went red, so 10 out of 10 of the states in distress are in distress.

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Anonymous wrote:Decreased tourism is a negative side effect, but we must secure our borders and remove the foreign nationals who pose a threat to our country.

Strip searching German teens is necessary?

And throwing a New Zealand mom and her 3 year old in detention for 2 weeks for no reason at all?

Anonymous wrote:Decreased tourism is a negative side effect, but we must secure our borders and remove the foreign nationals who pose a threat to our country.

And that can be done without having storm troopers assaulting random people on the streets and removing them to Uganda.

Anonymous wrote:Decreased tourism is a negative side effect, but we must secure our borders and remove the foreign nationals who pose a threat to our country.

Strip searching German teens is necessary?

Decreased tourism is a negative side effect, but we must secure our borders and remove the foreign nationals who pose a threat to our country.

Las Vegas’s tipped workers say their income has fallen by more than half as tourism plunges

By Ariel Zilber
Published July 28, 2025, 12:20 p.m. ET

Las Vegas workers have seen their income from tips plunge by as much as 50% — despite the recently passed no tax on tips law — as tourism to Sin City takes a hit from President Trump’s global trade war.

“No tax on tips, that’s a rad thing. But it doesn’t really do us much good if there isn’t any people to get tips from,” Charlie Mungo, a 36-year-old tattoo artist in downtown Las Vegas, told the Wall Street Journal.

Mungo said he has made about $1,500 a month in recent months.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We ski twice/year out west in Utah and Colorado. Not going to Utah anymore, all Colorado. Eff them.

Do you only spend money in blue Congressional districts?

Whenever possible, yes.
Money talks.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm noticing DC is becoming like a ghost town now too. Supposedly "safe" yet who wants to visit a city that looks like a military occupation zone with scenes of racial profiling and random people being detained? Incidentally, arrests are down in DC despite all the increased federal presence....

DC always starts to slow down in late August. Schools are back in session and those still on vacation are at the beach

When kids start back to school, the parents start back to work.

Anonymous wrote:I'm noticing DC is becoming like a ghost town now too. Supposedly "safe" yet who wants to visit a city that looks like a military occupation zone with scenes of racial profiling and random people being detained? Incidentally, arrests are down in DC despite all the increased federal presence....

DC always starts to slow down in late August. Schools are back in session and those still on vacation are at the beach

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Anonymous wrote:We ski twice/year out west in Utah and Colorado. Not going to Utah anymore, all Colorado. Eff them.

Do you only spend money in blue Congressional districts?

DP...in a capitalist society, how we spend dollars is effectively a vote of support for something, so personally, yes, we travel to states and countries that we share values with and we support businesses we share values with. I am not giving money to Home Depot when I can give it to Lowe's. I am not giving money to Jeff Bezos when I can give it to the 51st Cooperative and so on. It isn't perfect, because there are some products where the corporate consolidation does not allow for easy bypass, but to the extent I can, I vote with my dollars, and I am not alone in this.

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Anonymous wrote:We ski twice/year out west in Utah and Colorado. Not going to Utah anymore, all Colorado. Eff them.

Do you only spend money in blue

Congressional districts?

Why, yes, I do. I love democracy and MAGA is the worst so… I encourage others to do the same. Grab ‘em by the wallet…and they’ll FAFO