A recent Washington Business Journal Article touched on the relationship between the economy and rising commercial vacancy rates in DC. This is a problem and it has a number of possible causes. But one of them is high taxes. As we have written about before, the DC market costs far more than others [...]
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Restoring Worker Freedom to the Nation's Capitol
By W. James Young
During the 1990s, local D.C. radio host and Democratic Party activist Mark Plotkin famously proposed that the District of Columbia offer a license plate bearing the Revolutionary War-era slogan “Taxation Without Representation,” reflecting the District’s constitutionally-mandated status as a federal enclave subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of Congress, and without congressional representation. Plotkin’s suggestion was enacted into law, and can be seen on vehicles bearing District-issued license plates. Yet some suggested that a more appropriate slogan would be “Consumption without Production.”
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PUBLICATIONS
TAXES
- Higher taxes impede DC’s Growth
EDUCATION
- The $100,000 Question
- Improving K-12 Education in the
District of Columbia: A Blueprint for
Lasting Reform to Boost Academic
Achievement
LABOR
- Green-Collar Jobs -- or Con Jobs?
- The True Cost of The Washington
Nationals Ballpark Project Labor
Agreement
CITY MANAGEMENT
- Systemic Management problems
in the District
- Non-Profits Can Help the District's
Failing Economy
PUBLIC SPACES
- DC’s Green Spaces Looking
Not So Green
REGULATIONS
- In DC, it’s a closed-arm approach
to business that prevails
POLICY BLUEPRINT FOR DC
- Improving K-12 Education in the
District of Columbia: A Blueprint for
Lasting Reform to Boost Academic
Achievement
- Restoring Worker Freedom to the
Nation's Capitol
- Creating Economic Opportunity
in DC
How Decreasing Property Taxes Can Spur on Development
Introduce Competition to Metro Bus to Improve DC Transit System
Recent articles have highlighted various problems and possible solutions for DC’s transportation system. A sound transit infrastructure is one of the key elements in building a solid economy. Almost all of the current proposals focus on changes within the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). But these proposed changes may be misguided. As pointed out [...]