Economy
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Rent Control: Prejudice in the Form of Legislation
Read more: Rent Control: Prejudice in the Form of LegislationDuring the Obama and Trump administrations, the federal government inflated the currency, but you blame the landlords for rent increases. Prices of food are going up, but you put price controls only on the landlords. Prices of insurance are going up, but you put price controls only on the landlords. Prices of fuel are going…
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As Montgomery County Faces Recession Pressures and Uncertainty, Marc Elrich Departs for Taiwan with Member of County Council
Read more: As Montgomery County Faces Recession Pressures and Uncertainty, Marc Elrich Departs for Taiwan with Member of County CouncilTen days after revealing his “recommended” fiscal year 2024 budget for Montgomery County, Maryland, that includes big tax hikes via property tax rates, County Executive Marc Elrich is departing for business and “international smart city” representation in Taiwan. Does it reflect someone concerned about County finances? On March 15, 2023, CE Marc Elrich put out a…
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Who is Pillaging the Taxpayers Faster: MoCo vs Fairfax Edition
Read more: Who is Pillaging the Taxpayers Faster: MoCo vs Fairfax EditionLocal ABC7 News Affiliate WJLA reporter Nick Minock did some actual investigative journalism yesterday and revealed some pretty stunning facts about the state of our neighbor to the south, Fairfax County, Virginia, and their own local politician’s perks and taxpayer pillaging. Let’s see how Fairfax County’s Board of Supervisors stack up to Montgomery County’s Councilmembers…
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Underlying Fundamentals Have Changed. We Must Adjust Our Course.
Read more: Underlying Fundamentals Have Changed. We Must Adjust Our Course.Some interesting charts that should be considered and debated as Montgomery County pushes for approval of a larger budget, with more spending (and taxing). Labor Force This data is published monthly and is a representation of all persons in the civilian noninstitutional population ages 16 and older classified as either employed or unemployed. The civilian…
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Investigating the Taxpayer Support of CM Evan Glass’s Former Employer, Gandhi Brigade Youth Medi
Read more: Investigating the Taxpayer Support of CM Evan Glass’s Former Employer, Gandhi Brigade Youth MediMontgomery County Councilmember (and now Council President) Evan Glass’s former employer, a 501c3 charity called Gandhi Brigade Youth Media or GBYM, has raked in State of Maryland and Montgomery County grants, records show. Gandhi Brigade Youth Media states that its mission is to: create communities where young people build the confidence and media skills to express…
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Revisiting Adam P’s Excellent September 2010 Post on MoCo’s “New Normal” for “Maryland Politics Watch”
Read more: Revisiting Adam P’s Excellent September 2010 Post on MoCo’s “New Normal” for “Maryland Politics Watch”Stumbled upon this while searching for something else related to Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich, but here is a devastating, nearly accurate assessment of MoCo’s (and to a degree, Maryland’s) current budget and economic situation in 2023, a full twelve years and six months after this was written up by Adam Pagnucco, now of the…
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Seeds of Stagnation & Decline: County Executive Marc Elrich’s Early Years in Government
Read more: Seeds of Stagnation & Decline: County Executive Marc Elrich’s Early Years in GovernmentMontgomery County Executive Marc Elrich has been in public office, in either Takoma Park, MD city government or Montgomery County government, a staggering 35-plus years. That’s thirty-five, all in a row. In 2006, Elrich began his ascent in local politics, finally winning a seat on the Montgomery County Council after three previous attempts had come…
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CASAgomery County, MD
Read more: CASAgomery County, MDA prominent activist organization across Montgomery County and the state of Maryland is CASA de Maryland. It self-advertises itself as: the foremost immigrant organization in the mid-Atlantic region and a national leader in supporting immigrant families and ensuring that all individuals have the core supports necessary for full participation in society. Now a national immigrant…
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Marc Elrich Lauds MoCo’s Minimum Wage “Indexing”, Which Could Spur Still More Inflation
Read more: Marc Elrich Lauds MoCo’s Minimum Wage “Indexing”, Which Could Spur Still More InflationMontgomery County Executive Marc Elrich doesn’t seem to understand or even be familiar with basic cost-push inflation or wage-price spiral theory. Or, if he is familiar with Keynesian economic policy (which he seems to be, based on his rapacious desire for more government “stimulus” spending in 2020-22), CE Elrich seems to think these ideas of…
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Taxpayers Investments in Biotech offer Great Opportunity
Read more: Taxpayers Investments in Biotech offer Great OpportunityThe following is a counterpoint to the article entitled, Are Taxpayer Investments in Biotech Companies Too Risky?, published on March 6 2023. Life Science investing is risky. We should scrutinize the wisdom of any public investment into private ventures. And, our elected leaders, if they don’t have experience in this or other areas,…