Anonymous
Post 07/15/2024 18:51     Subject: Republican platform echoes Trump's vows for greater control over D.C.
Anonymous wrote:Lived in DC for over 20 years. Crime is up for sure. At least where we live. That being said, making guns and concealed carry legal in the city won’t help make things safer.


But it would give the good citizens of DC a chance. Data shows that is is working in Ohio - https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/Media/News-Releases/January-2024/Change-in-Concealed-Carry-Law-Did-Not-Drive-Violen#:~:text=The%20study%20showed%20significant%20decreases,each%20with%20decreases%20of%2018%25.
Anonymous
Post 07/15/2024 15:03     Subject: Republican platform echoes Trump's vows for greater control over D.C.
Anonymous wrote:I could see Trump taking the Jack Kemp model and turning DC into a Hong Kong style tax haven. It would be on brand.

No state income tax, no state estate tax, just a flat tax of like 15% and watch every property become worth 5x its current listing.


Yes, please.
Anonymous
Post 07/15/2024 14:26     Subject: Republican platform echoes Trump's vows for greater control over D.C.
Anonymous wrote:I could see Trump taking the Jack Kemp model and turning DC into a Hong Kong style tax haven. It would be on brand.

No state income tax, no state estate tax, just a flat tax of like 15% and watch every property become worth 5x its current listing.


You cannot possibly compare Trump to Jack Kemp.
Anonymous
Post 07/15/2024 13:45     Subject: Republican platform echoes Trump's vows for greater control over D.C.
I could see Trump taking the Jack Kemp model and turning DC into a Hong Kong style tax haven. It would be on brand.

No state income tax, no state estate tax, just a flat tax of like 15% and watch every property become worth 5x its current listing.
Anonymous
Post 07/15/2024 13:06     Subject: Republican platform echoes Trump's vows for greater control over D.C.
Anonymous wrote:Lived in DC for over 20 years. Crime is up for sure. At least where we live. That being said, making guns and concealed carry legal in the city won’t help make things safer.


This. Republican control won’t fix DC’s issues. Lack of access to abortion is going to increase poverty and result in more children funneled into the poverty to crime pipeline. Republican gun fetish = more guns in DC = more crime.

Plus Trump is an absolute moron, so there are probably 1000 ways he would completely screw up DC worse than it already is.
Anonymous
Post 07/15/2024 12:55     Subject: Re:Republican platform echoes Trump's vows for greater control over D.C.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Now there's something to be proud of. Washington DC with the lowest graduation rate!

Well done.



Conflating cities with states?


Is that your final final answer?


If you don’t get that basic fact about DC public policy (DC cannot be compared to a state) you have no business opining.
Anonymous
Post 07/15/2024 12:54     Subject: Re:Republican platform echoes Trump's vows for greater control over D.C.
Anonymous wrote:Now there's something to be proud of. Washington DC with the lowest graduation rate!

Well done.



not great but how exactly do you think the doofuses on the Hill will fix it?
Anonymous
Post 07/15/2024 12:43     Subject: Re:Republican platform echoes Trump's vows for greater control over D.C.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Now there's something to be proud of. Washington DC with the lowest graduation rate!

Well done.



Conflating cities with states?


Is that your final final answer?


In this particular case, it's a reasonable point to make. Where does D.C.'s 76 percent graduation rate stack up among cities? (Probably not great, but probably not dead last.)
Anonymous
Post 07/15/2024 12:42     Subject: Republican platform echoes Trump's vows for greater control over D.C.
Lived in DC for over 20 years. Crime is up for sure. At least where we live. That being said, making guns and concealed carry legal in the city won’t help make things safer.
Anonymous
Post 07/14/2024 23:46     Subject: Republican platform echoes Trump's vows for greater control over D.C.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Hey don't worry, the earliest DC can be cleaned up is late January 2025, so at least 6 months more of tremendous murders, shootings, carjackings, theft, muggings for Democrats to create and accept as their own doing.
In no other sector of life would someone or an organization be attempting to hire the persons or organizations responsible for creating the disaster and destruction to clean up and fix that very same disaster and destruction.
Would you hire the annual 2-15 Football Coach to try to improve that same team?
Democrats gonna Democrat


Crime is down.
Receipts are stable.
Commercial Real Estate is down, but that is a COVID thing.
The Bond rating is still AAA+

The per capita crime in DC is lower than many red states. Why isn't Trump threatening them?


ahh - blame it all on Covid. Original. Crime is down from what point? And receipts? Same question. Where do you live? Not in DC.


Yes, I live in DC.

CRE is tanked because so many are working from home at least part time if not full time.
Crime is down from its recent highs, 2024 is much lower than 2023 and the trend is in the right direction.

The bond rating is still AAA+ and DC bonds are always oversubscribed by wall street.



Crime is still massively higher than 2019. A minor one-year drop in crime from a historically awful year is not the flex you think it is.
Anonymous
Post 07/14/2024 23:38     Subject: Republican platform echoes Trump's vows for greater control over D.C.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Hey don't worry, the earliest DC can be cleaned up is late January 2025, so at least 6 months more of tremendous murders, shootings, carjackings, theft, muggings for Democrats to create and accept as their own doing.
In no other sector of life would someone or an organization be attempting to hire the persons or organizations responsible for creating the disaster and destruction to clean up and fix that very same disaster and destruction.
Would you hire the annual 2-15 Football Coach to try to improve that same team?
Democrats gonna Democrat


Crime is down.
Receipts are stable.
Commercial Real Estate is down, but that is a COVID thing.
The Bond rating is still AAA+

The per capita crime in DC is lower than many red states. Why isn't Trump threatening them?


ahh - blame it all on Covid. Original. Crime is down from what point? And receipts? Same question. Where do you live? Not in DC.


Yes, I live in DC.

CRE is tanked because so many are working from home at least part time if not full time.
Crime is down from its recent highs, 2024 is much lower than 2023 and the trend is in the right direction.

The bond rating is still AAA+ and DC bonds are always oversubscribed by wall street.

Anonymous
Post 07/14/2024 22:37     Subject: Re:Republican platform echoes Trump's vows for greater control over D.C.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Now there's something to be proud of. Washington DC with the lowest graduation rate!

Well done.



Conflating cities with states?


Is that your final final answer?
Anonymous
Post 07/14/2024 22:03     Subject: Re:Republican platform echoes Trump's vows for greater control over D.C.
Anonymous wrote:Now there's something to be proud of. Washington DC with the lowest graduation rate!

Well done.



Conflating cities with states?
Anonymous
Post 07/14/2024 21:58     Subject: Re:Republican platform echoes Trump's vows for greater control over D.C.
Now there's something to be proud of. Washington DC with the lowest graduation rate!

Well done.

Anonymous
Post 07/14/2024 18:05     Subject: Republican platform echoes Trump's vows for greater control over D.C.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Hey don't worry, the earliest DC can be cleaned up is late January 2025, so at least 6 months more of tremendous murders, shootings, carjackings, theft, muggings for Democrats to create and accept as their own doing.
In no other sector of life would someone or an organization be attempting to hire the persons or organizations responsible for creating the disaster and destruction to clean up and fix that very same disaster and destruction.
Would you hire the annual 2-15 Football Coach to try to improve that same team?
Democrats gonna Democrat


Crime is down.
Receipts are stable.
Commercial Real Estate is down, but that is a COVID thing.
The Bond rating is still AAA+

The per capita crime in DC is lower than many red states. Why isn't Trump threatening them?


ahh - blame it all on Covid. Original. Crime is down from what point? And receipts? Same question. Where do you live? Not in DC.