Economy
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JOBS: Spending money where it’s needed least
Read more: JOBS: Spending money where it’s needed leastCouncil Member Andrew Friedson, the closest thing we have to a moderate and reformer on the County Council, recently introduced his JOBS (Jobs, Opportunities and Business Support) initiative. According to the press release, there are three components to JOBS: $10 million for job creation, offering $10,000 per employee paid $100,000 or more ($12,000 if in…
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MOVE Away From This Type of Legislation
Read more: MOVE Away From This Type of LegislationAccording to my count, Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations spans 360,586 words, or about 1,088 pages in a 12-point font. I read the entire work, comprehended about 324,527 (90%) of those words, and came to an important conclusion: the conservatives who praise Smith as a champion of unfettered economic freedom are as mistaken as the…
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Reminder: Montgomery County Exec Elrich Really Really Likes Corporate Welfare
Read more: Reminder: Montgomery County Exec Elrich Really Really Likes Corporate WelfareQuick reminder – Montgomery County Executive / “green energy” lobbyist Marc Elrich really likes corporate welfare. As long as it goes to the “right” industries”. Don’t be fooled by the redistribution rhetoric of the disheveled exec. The self-acclaimed “sorta socialist” and frequent respondent to the MoCo “Democratic Socialists of America” questionnaire during election season sure…
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Perfect Investment to Keep Pace with Inflation? Become a Council Member
Read more: Perfect Investment to Keep Pace with Inflation? Become a Council MemberAs Montgomery County still battles with every increasing inflation, a quick look at the Montgomery County Charter will show you how the Council Members have guaranteed themselves the ability to keep pace with inflation much better than a majority of the county. In Sec. 1A-106. Salaries of the County Executive and Councilmembers it states: This…
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MoCo’s Socialism Is for the Rich: Part 1—The $10 COVID Tests
Read more: MoCo’s Socialism Is for the Rich: Part 1—The $10 COVID TestsAn astonishing fact has very recently come to my attention: a COVID test costs $10 at CVS. (That would be for one BinaxNOW COVID-19 Antigen Self Test; sophisticated consumers, a skill set that continuously eludes me, can bulk purchase two such tests for $19.00.) Fully four years after the first signs of a worldwide pandemic…
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Itineraries and Travel Cost for Taiwan, India and Vietnam Trips
Read more: Itineraries and Travel Cost for Taiwan, India and Vietnam TripsThe following was submitted by a reader that wished to remain anonymous. In March of 2023 County Executive Marc Elrich traveled to Taiwan with a Montgomery County Delegation that included Council Member Fani-Gonzalez. As reported by mymcm, he was invited to speak at the 2023 Smart City Summit and Expo and decided to use the…
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Distribution of the Property Tax Burden
Read more: Distribution of the Property Tax BurdenProperty taxes are always a painful subject. So painful that when your partner comes in late at night after a 60-minute commute, you may not want to open with, “DoorDash is delivering our two Philadelphia sushi rolls, and we have to pay $6,500 by September 1.” Regardless, with courage and valor, we must face the…
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HB1300: Part 4—Your Remedies are to Move or Vote Libertarian
Read more: HB1300: Part 4—Your Remedies are to Move or Vote LibertarianIn Part 1 of this series we described the background to removing deed restrictions, in Part 2 we described some of the immediate impacts on existing property owners, and in Part 3 we exposed who is responsible for the circumstances leading up to this legislation. In this final post we discuss what options remain for…