The Montgomery County Council is dropping the hammer on middle class residents in its massive $7.9 billion tax-and-fee-hike FY-2027 budget, which was approved in a 9-2 vote yesterday. Councilmembers Andrew Friedson and Dawn Luedtke were the only two opposed. Facing an ongoing structural budget deficit of its own design, the Council did what it always does - reward its cartel political patrons with taxpayer largesse, protect and preserve reckless spending, raise fees, and deliver a property tax hike. But they weren't done yet! The Council added a massive income tax increase for "rich" residents making...$1 million? $2 million? Billions? No! The new wealth tax will be paid by every County resident making (in Dr. Evil voice) $150,000 or more.
If you are making $150,000 and live in Montgomery County in the year 2026, you are squarely middle class. If you are making $75,000 (the Council's laughably-outdated measure of a Joe Six Pack), you're effectively poor, and maybe getting by paycheck-to-paycheck - if you're lucky. Interestingly, no one in the local press besides me is pointing this reality out. But that's par for the course for our media Fifth Column of fellow travelers.
Affordability? Hah! The Council, which draws itself a $168,000 salary at taxpayer expense each year for their part-time Council "jobs," is once again laughing at you. Yes, this is the same Council who insiders say refer to you, the taxpayers, behind closed doors as "losers" and "suckers." Well, you lost again yesterday, your bank account will lose even more, and you'll be a sucker for sure if you vote to re-elect these incompetent criminals this November.
You're paying double what you were for groceries just six years ago, gas prices are skyrocketing, cars are priced as luxury items now, utility bills are crushing you monthly, and insurance companies are price-gouging you with impunity. What does the Council do to address the affordability crisis? Raise your income tax, raise your property tax, raise the fees you pay, and - get this - eliminate the Income Tax Offset Credit that homeowners were eligible for. That makes two property tax hikes in one budget!
Now, the Council provided its farcical definition of "rich" as those of you making $150,000 and up. Do you know what they consider a lavish mansion? Homes worth $800,000 and up. It's not just their policies that are stuck in the Woodstock era, but their entire grasp on economics. Then again, nobody on the Council went to Yale or Harvard exactly. $800,000 and up? That's basically any home inside the Beltway that's not an as-is fixer-upper, and a huge percentage of homes outside the Beltway.
Think about the federal government workers the Council claimed they were so worried about. A large percentage of those workers are making $150,000 and up. Now they're getting slammed with a double property tax increase, and an income tax hike. You can see that the Council doesn't give a damn about you or your struggles, or about the rest of us private sector taxpayers.
Who does the Council give a damn about?
The Montgomery County cartel that gets them elected, and from whom they take their marching orders. That's the real estate developer oligarchs, the Council-connected "non-profits" who funnel taxpayer funding they receive back to the campaign accounts of councilmembers, and certain labor unions. All got fully funded in this budget. Montgomery County Public Schools got a massive increase in funding, while their enrollment of actual students is dwindling by the year. Make it make sense.
When you think of these synthetic-left councilmembers raising taxes on hardworking middle class residents at a time of financial struggle, think of the oligarchy. Think of the 20-year property tax exemption that the Council provided for their millionaire and billionaire oligarch developer sugar daddies just months ago. It applies to nearly every apartment development, and therefore is robbing the County coffers of billions in revenue. That fiscal impact was already felt this year. Billions going into the pockets of billionaires, instead of schools, police officer hiring, infrastructure, libraries and parks, for at least the next twenty years.
Who will make up for all that lost revenue, and the structural budget deficit the Council itself created earlier this century? Once again, the Council made clear: You, the taxpayer. You, the homeowner. You, the small business owner. You are the loser they mock. And the cartel oligarchs are once again the winners they reward - with your hard-earned income, and your equity and security in the home that was the biggest investment of your life. It turns out the government owned it all along!
Taxes going up, government and elected official salaries going up, traffic camera ticketing going up, and friends of the Council getting rich at the expense of taxpayers - all this happened in Bell, California, and elected officials there went to prison. All this is happening in Montgomery County right now. The County where oligarchs get richer, and their puppets on the Council drop an anvil on the middle class to make sure the numbers work out.
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MD democrats think that their economic policies operate in a vacuum. Look at the current domestic migration out of this state into right to work states all while the teachers union just bumped their pension entitlements to 14.5B for FY2026. This is a doom-loop as other public sector unions add their liabilities to an ever smaller number of actual taxpayers. Blue states are in for a rude fiscal awakening.
Love the quote from Seattle's mayor, (who lived with her parents into her 40's): "like, the reports of businesses leaving is super overblown and to those leaving, bye". Progressives like her, Wes Moore and the MC council aren't qualified to be dog catcher.
But, can they vote and chew gum the same time?
Adios! Garrett Park soon to be ex-resident here, just finalized move (with two kids in private school) to Florida. Winding down small mostly webservices biz with two early retirement employees. Many thanks Robert, but we're screaming into the abyss here in what used to be at least a healthy, happy, and viable state. When the State decided to emulate PGC, that was the end of the end.
We are in good hands with the MC council but sometimes all we get is a finger.
11:16 - Good for you. I've got 4 years minimum unfortunately. SC bound after that.
The court jesters and the clowns
In charge of this doomed town
Found the answer hands down
Tax the hapless until they drown.
You had me at cartel oligarchs.
Yes, where's the *wealth tax* on the Trump-Epstein class and the top 1%? (they are largely if not entirely immune from income taxes)
We like FL much better than MD. Saving a lot in state income tax and know its not going to finance our replacements (illegal immigrants).
1:03 will never get it. Like Mandami & AOC, they think taxing the 1% solves all their budget woes. Don't know where this kind economic misinformation was taughtbut enlighten us to where & when it has ever worked.
2:36 - And we don't have to look to NYC. O'Malley tried that right here at home with the "millionaires" tax. What happened? Well, firstly, they found out that the state didn't have as many millionaires as they thought. And worse, many millionaires do what they can do very easily, they moved.
Doing what they do best, tax and spend.
@2:36 "Leave the billionaires alone! They're the true victims here!"
Hello, federal employee here, I actually don't mind that an increase in my taxes will be going to fund MCPS. Unfortunately this tax increase is happening due to republicans gutting the Department of Education and cutting education grants to blue states, so now we have to pay the price for their attacks on the education system and blue states as a whole.
"You're paying double what you were for groceries just six years ago, gas prices are skyrocketing, cars are priced as luxury items now, utility bills are crushing you monthly, and insurance companies are price-gouging you with impunity." Problems that are either exacerbated or outright caused by the administration, not the county. Complain to the people up top about those.
"who insiders say refer to you, the taxpayers, behind closed doors as "losers" and "suckers."" Funny, I remember someone else referring to multiple people of my own family as suckers and losers - and that person wasn't on the council.
Jac, keep in mind that MD, (like a lot of blue states), are considering, (or have already passed), retroactive exit taxes. We moved all of our commercial operations south and are in the process of selling the hard investment pieces like the real estate in anticipation of these policies. Most of the voters here are fiscally conservative but let their emotions dictate their vote which has wrecked this and many blue states. Coddled children like some of the regular liberal posters here love to wave good riddance to the taxbase leaving which illustrates a complete lack of understanding on how a vibrant economy functions which is why DSA has so much appeal to those who can't see beyond their next entitlement check. Sooner or later the money runs out.
Like Ken Griffin, better to go where investment dollars aren't thrown away and will be appreciated than to stay and give money to those who will never understand that most entitlements are to help people get on their feet to help themselves rather than a permanent lifestyle.
7:54 - There's another related aspect to all this. Many, many high school graduates in this area, want and have been accepted to, southern colleges and universities. Their parents should think quickly about relocating and taking advantage of in-state tuition moving forward not to mention lower cost of living across the board. How on god's green earth are college grads going to be able to afford living in these high tax and spend states? SC is absolutely booming as are others famously mentioned like TX, Fl, etc. It's a good life and what a difference Red vs. Blue makes. Celebrating tax base leaving is a fools errand. And that loon in NYC is trying to woo back Griffin. Good luck.
7:22-From one federal employee to another: nicely put. Very nicely put.
@7:07 this is the kind of response from someone who has never had to make it on their own. Get out of your parents basement and get a job.
@7:22 How can you pay more in taxes when you don't pay any? We already put you through school and will likely never see a return on that money.
If blue states are the way to go, why is their a huge exodus to red states?
Government employees responding to a local blog while working. No wonder federal productivity is so low. They'll never make it in the private sector because they expect results.
The people impacted by these will still reelect the council in a landslide. That is why they can do whatever they want.
More about exit taxes please? How does that work if you don't own property or a business, just a vehicle. Is it as bad as the rain tax?
Yeah, and they all also fill out those (always annoying to hear about) Final Four brackets while "working." I applaud you for calling him (them) out!
@3:20 sir are you familiar with the concept of a lunch break?
@9:16 may I direct your attention to the third comment down from here.
Wanted to address Robert's claim that a large percentage of government workers are making $150,000 and up. That is categorically false. The distribution of general schedule grades is a diamond structure - most federal employees are grades 11-13, with fewer grades 7-10 below, and fewer 14, 15, and Senior Executive Service above. Pay grades for the DC area, available at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/salary-tables/pdf/2026/DCB.pdf, show that a grade 13 step 8 receives $150,203 salary. In fact, a grade 14 steps 1 and 2 doesn't make that cut with a salary of $143,913 and $148,711. Things like STEM pay and VA benefits could bring that above $150,000 (I make ~$146,000 as a grade 13 step 4 with STEM), but that is not as common as it seems. And thanks to this administration we will not be getting a cost of living adjustment, so we'll have even less spending power next year as prices rise nationwide.
Uhh, I know you're trying to take a dig here, but I can clearly see my pay stubs, so that one didn't land. Try harder next time?
Ahh yes, the elusive blue state exodus that has no factual and statistical backing whatsoever. Actual census data available at [https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/MD/AGE135224#AGE135224] and [https://worldpopulationreview.com/states/maryland] shows that Maryland's population is increasing. According to Maryland's own census data, available at [https://planning.maryland.gov/MSDC/Documents/Trends_Report/Population_Estimates_Report_AGR.pdf], "Since 2020, the state has experienced modest annual population growth. The growth rate was less than 0.1 percent between 2020 and 2021, followed by annual increases of 0.2 percent in 2021–2022, 0.4 percent in 2022–2023, and 0.7 percent in 2023–2024."
I know Floridians especially like to brag about some people moving there, but will someone please tell them that "your retirees move here to die" is not a flex.
7:20 AM Thanks for THE FACTS! (Not that 9:20 AM and their pals will accept them. They'll probably say something like your facts prove nothing, that's a slow rate of growth, etc...)
~ A long-time tax-paying resident and voter in MoCo
@3:20 I'm rolling my eyes at your cynical, uninformed opinions. Want to trot out any more cliches? What evidence do you have to support your assertion about low Federal employee productivity? The ones I know, including myself, work before and after our duty shifts and over the weekend. And yes, I could get a job in the private sector immediately that pays more, but I find public service meaningful.
6:49 failed economic or perhaps went to school with AOC. Still monitoring and responding while collecting a government paycheck? No wonder there's so much waste.
There is absolutely an exodus from blue states. What you don't want to admit is the taxpayers leaving are being partially replaced with takers like you. Those of us who had businesses here for 30+ years can see the total wreckage you and your ilk have voted in from onerous regulations & fees + tax rates with no commensurate benefits like security for those businesses and clients. Trying to convince a liberal that believes in a zero sum gain economy is more than pointless and an exercise in futility. Sad that you remind parents of the teenager who knows everything yet produces zero results. Sad really.
648/658/720 Seriously, how long a lunch break do you guys get?
Then the electorate are gluttons for punishment.
Justifying your existence by using federal time reading and constantly commenting on a blog is a textbook example of why the bloat in the federal government is going to require years of scrutiny and DOGE.
@7:29 You're probably safe from exit taxes unless you're a high earner. Blue states want to calculate supplemental taxes on the gross value of companies rather than the net income which for most small businesses means you're out of business.
@1:30 sir, it's 7:40PM.
You're letting billionaires spit on your face in the hopes that you'll catch an unswallowed crumb. Sad.
And judging by your stated AOC Derangement Syndrome, I'm going to assume you're the one who has been following me for from post to post trying to pick a fight for weeks now. I seem to be living in your head rent free.....
@1:43 reality proves you wrong. And there's that strawman again!
That guy is just upset that we do more to benefit the country than they ever will. The idea of working for the betterment of others is a foreign concept to them.
4:52 would be funny if even 1% was true. Fact is that you produce nothing as the federal government is still bloated with overpaid do-virtually-nothing except monitor/comment on blogs, (look at the time stamps), and march at no-kings rallies with all the dope smoking antifa slackers.
Small business is what makes this country work while you guys are busy trying to spend money this country doesn't have. Truly pathetic.
Oh they're constantly on break. It's the government and "they're here to help". A can look up the Reagan quote if they're not too busy BSing on blog sites during office hours.
Check out Uhaul stats if you can't bring yourself to check the Maryland Chamber of Commerce site.
https://www.mdchamber.org/2025/12/18/maryland-is-losing-people-to-other-states/
@3:49. The "bloat" in federal government? Continuing to roll out the cliches, uninformed opinions, and bald assertions, huh?
1:22/4:52 Have an incredible ego and must look in the mirror everyday telling themselves what incredible work their doing while also supporting sanctuary policies and bloviating how crime in Bethesda is no big deal. Doesn't an assumption that a poster is a "guy" conflict with gender neutral language that the left loves to wield as a weapon when convenient?
Classic hypocrisy while drawing a government paycheck and looking at all the timestamps across many posts, appears that lunchbreaks are inordinately long.
BTW, Google is your friend here when looking at taxpayer exodus out of MD. Those 2020 census stats don't hold up to current trends and the 2030 census is going to be a cold bucket of ice water.
@7:40 cry harder, snowflake. You're welcome for my service :)
Oh and about the timestamps, those are the times that they are approved and show up here, not the time that we submit them, genius. This comment is being posted at 12:21PM (launch break time, since you need that specified). Refer to another one of my comments above where I said it was 7:40PM but the timestamp says 4:43PM.
@5:30 projection. I do love how mad you are right now though :) Once again, you are welcome for my service!
Not mad at all as our business is now out of state. Grabbing the popcorn when your chickens come home to roost when these unfunded pensions come due.
Perfect example of why the federal government needs to be culled of waste.
Nice try, if we had a camera on your cubicle you would be looking for another job.
For those voting in the upcoming Democratic primary, Andrew Friedson is the only County Exec. candidate to vote "NO" on this budget.
@1:11 ahh yeah, clearly not mad. That's why you're in the comments of every post raging all day. Definitely not mad, nope nope!
What about this Debbie woman with the same last name of a famous film director, what's her deal, more elrich?
@ 3:20 PM Texting while driving is illegal in Maryland.
@1:12 leave me out of your voyeur fantasies, please.
Just an observer of the absurd. Did you ever check the 2025 stats from the MD Chamber of Commerce? Poking what we hope are a minority of lazy federal workers should be a hobby for all taxpayers.
Love this thread! A gen Z federal worker with lots of free time on their hands to defend the MC Council/Wes Moore and the entire liberal establishment vs a business owner who actually lived/worked under their policies. Kinda like that teenager that suddenly knows more than their parents. Can't we all just get along and remember that Trump is our president with JD to follow!
JAC, you seem like an unhappy person here… will you be moving south soon?
2:22 - Not sure where you get that impression based purely on words typed into a dialogue box on a blog site But, no, I'm an extremely happy and contented person. As for moving south, yes, me and many people with common sense will be making our exit out of high tax and high regulation land soon enough
RE: Gubmint Employees and waste, it's draining (in a few ways) watching contract busses and vans cycle, usually totally empty, from Medical Center Metro ostensibly giving free shuttle service to our Gubmint peeps. That's just .00003 percent of the waste.
Perhaps these federal employees are graduates from the Quality Learing Center in MN.
@10:14 Gen Z? Lol. You're about 15 years off my friend.
A business owner who apparently had to pack up their businesses and flee the state because they couldn't cut it here. Not at all the flex you think it is.
@7:08 as an observer of the absurd perhaps you should look in a mirror, I'm sure you'll be quite amused.
@12:24 shuttle service from the metro to work sites is government waste? This is such a monumentally stupid take, I don't even know where to begin.
@12:24 there are two primary reasons for a shuttle service from government buildings to the metro.
Reason number one is the Americans with Disabilities Act, specifically Title ii. Unless you'd rather people with mobility impairments walk (which for somewhere like Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, is 1.4 miles to the nearest metro).
Reason number two is OPSEC. A dedicated government-only shuttle will only allow those with a valid ID to ride, meaning no nosy foreign adversaries can tag along and collect on US government employees. On a public bus they'll be able to see who is riding, at what times, where they are dropped off, where they go after being dropped off, and can listen in on their conversations and look over their shoulder at what they're reading. They could monitor any anomalous travel, like a higher than average number of personnel going to specific locations more often than average, indicating that there would be some kind of conference or large operation going on (for example, a busier than usual day at somewhere like the Pentagon, ODNI, or three letter agency HQ could mean that something big is about to happen.)
We be lovin' da gubmint!
Plus, they get free (subsidized )monthly auto-refills to their WMATA SmarTrip©® cards while us contractors have to re-up $$$ out of pocket. THAT is what I have always considered one of the biggest gubba'mint wastes of all. Get you yer' GS# pay AND free transpo!!! AND now all while working remotely.
@12:24 blatant misinformation, "contractor". Federal employees have to apply for that program through their agency. Telework has been scaled back, and if someone is teleworking than they are not using that subsidy, now are they? Negotiate travel subsidies with the contracting company, they're the ones who pay contractors (who more often than not are paid more than their federal counterparts).
Look at all the angry replies from our resident lazy federal worker with way too much time on their hands and had the taxpayers pay their way through school. Posts census figures from 2020 then runs away from current figures because it fails to support their narrative. So many businesses, in their narrow mind, cant cut it in blue states and move like Boeing, Starbucks, In & Out, Tesla, Yamaha on and on and on.
Maryland ranks as one of the most expensive states to do business in, with an 8.25% corporate tax rate and new digital advertising/tech service taxes squeezing profit margins. I know, it's all Trumps fault because the day democrats take responsibility for their own policies, that will be a day to remember and maybe another federal holiday, (just kidding as you guys are essentially on holiday anytime someone blows their nose on the metro).
https://foxbaltimore.com/spotlight-on-maryland/maryland-leaders-deflect-residents-flee-costs-taxes-affordability
https://thedailyrecord.com/2026/04/22/maryland-loses-residents/
Easily 60 percent empty buses. That's not waste?
Wow, this means you learned nothing as you got older. No wonder you "work" for the feds.
@2:12 Ouch! That's going to leave a mark.
@2:12 wow, I really got under your skin, huh? Yikes. Hilarious that according to you, my -
- one year deployment to the Middle East managing and maintaining encrypted communications and supporting combat operations against ISIS
- building out a virtual desktop environment for intelligence sharing, from scratch
- working as the Cybersecurity lead for an entire department
- current work in installation security (and this is just what's on my unclassified resume)
is all "waste", "fraud", "laziness", "doing nothing", and "being a taker". With a brain like that it's no reason that you failed at running a successful business here. Maybe try to take some personal responsibility for your own ineptitude, yeah?
@2:38 I will copy and paste my comment from directly above.
Reason number one is the Americans with Disabilities Act, specifically Title ii. Unless you'd rather people with mobility impairments walk (which for somewhere like Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, is 1.4 miles to the nearest metro).
Reason number two is OPSEC. A dedicated government-only shuttle will only allow those with a valid ID to ride, meaning no nosy foreign adversaries can tag along and collect on US government employees. On a public bus they'll be able to see who is riding, at what times, where they are dropped off, where they go after being dropped off, and can listen in on their conversations and look over their shoulder at what they're reading. They could monitor any anomalous travel, like a higher than average number of personnel going to specific locations more often than average, indicating that there would be some kind of conference or large operation going on (for example, a busier than usual day at somewhere like the Pentagon, ODNI, or three letter agency HQ could mean that something big is about to happen.)
@4:34 you're welcome for my service :)
@2:38 furthermore, transportation at less than full capacity is not limited to government shuttles. Taxis, rideshares, ferries, buses, airplanes, airport shuttles, hotel shuttles, cruise ships, trains, etc have less than full capacity all the time. Do you consider that waste? Or do you only consider a half-full shuttle waste when it's operated by the government?
Nothing like a fully triggered liberal who can't answer simple factual responses to their own false narratives. Unlike you, we in the business community don't need to prove anything as the market does that automatically undeterred by emotional rants to the contrary. Moving out of MD is economic choice not to hand more free dollars to liberal politicians that have no respect for it. I'm sure your DD214 doesn't look as good as you think it does because when asked to support your contention with current facts, crickets. Subordinates like you are cannon fodder for truth. All that federal money wasted...
@7:47 oh yes, because famously Uhaul only offers out of stage offerings. Surely nobody in state uses a haul to move (which I did, moving from Laurel to Bethesda, but that goes against your doomer narrative, now doesn't it?)
4:39 is so clueless as they fail to see the trend of the middle class working families who do use the services of Uhaul. Can't help the chronically ignorant.
Now you have us worried that someone working IT in the service knows everything yet learned nothing. Citing any kind of background when you can't even refute basic facts doesn't make your argument stronger. Like a child screaming and kicking on the floor thinking that this pushes your assertions across the finish line doesn't work in the real world. Stay in government because you'll never make it in the private sector.
Unfortunately we have to walk 4:39 through the logic like a child. One-way rentals have been tracked for a while, even by the likes of the MSM. It's another tool used by companies to track domestic migration. According to the last figures in 2023, MD ranks 44th out of 50 for inbound migration. To simplify, necessary in this case, it costs significantly more to rent in MD headed to say SC than reverse. They actually pay people to transport trucks & trailers to the lower portion of the list and they will charge more in these states like MD. This is simple economics which perhaps wasn't taught in your HS but perhaps you can learn something today.
@2:34 oh sweaty, I fear you are projecting again! I do find it incredibly hilarious how the guy trying to lecture me about work and jobs turned out to be a failed business owner. I frequent many local small businesses and they’re all doing quite well. None of them have had to pack up and run. Sounds like it’s a you issue.
Interesting that you think supporting combat operations against ISIS is “federal money wasted”. Not a surprise though, the right sure does love their terrorists.
The ignorance and delusion of you anti-government folks never ceases to amuse. You see, you’re like house cats - convinced that you are fiercely independent, yet wholly reliant on the system that enables your survival. Us federal employees are working everyday for the benefit of everyone in this country, and that includes the people who hate us, like you. And the honest truth is that I don’t hold any contempt for you. You’re like the child in a grocery store throwing a tantrum because their parents won’t let them buy multiple bags of candy for lunch. You simply don’t know any better - but don’t you worry, federal employees like me will be here to provide for you. So I would like to say this on behalf of all federal employees, on this fine Memorial Day weekend - you are welcome for our service. :)
A is the rare exception, they do exist. Most the Contractors pull their weight too: they usually do the work of existing Federal employees too busy with idle look busy work. I can personally attest to seeing this literally in dozens of instances.
9:45 is the definition of delusional, thinking that they are so important that we can't live without them. I can guarantee that the ones we can't live without don't hang out on local blogs telling us how important they are. This is comedy gold!
Throughout all their posts, not one with recent valid data refutes the fact that MD is undergoing an exodus of citizens to red states which is the point to the entire thread.
BTW, not all of us who have served need to wear that badge to defend our intellectual position, but some people think that it makes a poor argument more valid, (Wes Moore & Tim Walz come to mind). So I would like to say on behalf of those concerned that we all hope you get the help you need.
@1:13 oh don't you worry, we know that you need us :) you can lie to yourself all you want, Mr. Failed Business Owner. At least I've never had to flee the state because I couldn't cut it here.
I do agree with you about comedy gold - I shared this post with some coworkers days ago, we've been having quite the laugh at your delusions. I want to thank you for being an incredible lolcow, you've been providing me with hours of free entertainment for weeks now by following me from post to post. As I said before, I seem to be living rent free in your head!
I already addressed your claims of outward migration. 2020-2024 saw a net population increase. One year of population loss does not indicate an "exodus". But I guess you can tell yourself that if it helps you sleep at night.
Instead of being concerned for me, perhaps you should be more concerned about your inability to run a business in Maryland.
Once again, you are welcome for my service :)
@8:18 all I'm learning today is that the right wing NIMBY boomers on this blog are even more delusional than I had thought. The census shows a net population increase for 2023, as I linked above. One year of population loss is not an "exodus". Your doomer narrative simply doesn't fit with reality.
@5:06 ahh, so at first I was an unemployed kid living in my parents basement, but now I'm TOO successful? Keep moving those goalposts further and I might need to grab some binoculars!
If you're the same business owner here who had to flee the state, it sounds like you didn't quite make it in the private sector either... womp womp.
You know how a theory becomes a proof? Of course you don't. Keep on believing your stats which have no basis in reality. Kathy Hocul learned this the hard way but you're so much smarter. I realize you're afraid of actually using Google to search for domestic migration because the people at the water cooler told you so. We don't feel the need to brag or whip out resumes because in the private sector results are the only things that matter. Perhaps you might learn that one day, but I have my doubts. At least our company won't support your endeavors in MD.
Show us the data!
"A" = anomaly.
Better check your six. Chances are they aren't laughing with you, their laughing at you.
@3:09 my god man, are you really still here? Do you have humiliation fantasies or something? You've lost this argument, just like you do every time you try to come at me. We both know that you're just trying to save face, but it's not going to work. Just take the L and go home, little man. Or flee the state, like you did with your failing business.
I get it, you're upset that I'm a successful government employee. So upset that you started an absolutely generational multi-day crashout over it. Exercise some self reflection for once in your life - this entire comment section has been you making an absolute fool of yourself man, it's just cringe. Embarrassing.
"in the private sector results are the only things that matter" yes, and the results showed that you failed as a business owner. You couldn't cut it here so you ran away, and you're trying to take that anger out on others, including me. Take some personal responsibility and fix your own life.
At the end of the day, I still have a great government job doing great things for the country. Whine, cry, seethe, ragepost about that all you want, but there is nothing you could do to change that. While you're lying in bed tonight, desperately trying to come up with something remotely resembling an insult, a "gotcha", wondering what you could have said differently that maybe - just maybe - would have made me feel any emotion other than pity towards you, know that once again, you are welcome for my service.
Keep on trying! You know what they say about people who have to remind everyone how qualified they are...
No wonder you work for the government.
Fascinating that someone who can't even get past the original question outside of a statement referring to one old and flawed data point where any independent search would reveal otherwise. Frankly I'm worried that someone in government who claims to be in "intelligence" would not only state that but use it as a crutch to push a false narrative.
You're not doing good things for this country if you bury your head in the sand by ignoring actual data and standing with politicians that prioritize Illegals over citizens and refuse to hold criminas responsible for their own actions. . So if even half of what you state as your employment is true, there needs to be a serious culling of government employees who view The Constitution as a living document able to be interpreted in the manner to fit a flexible point of view.
I actually feel sorry for you that going through life with liberal blinders closes your mind to outside opinions and thoughts. One more thing, stay in MD and never move to a right to work state as with all the domestic migration happening, the left tends to move from places they've wrecked and then proceed to vote for the same things that collapsed where they came from.
BTW, how do know we failed? Do you have some clairvoyance on this matter? As stated previously, which you probably didn't read, or didn't comprehend more likely, that MD is one of the worst states to do business in with an 8.25% corporate tax plus a digital service tax which is why if one has to be in the DC metro area, VA despite the current insane government still wins hands down. We're simply moved so our employees can keep more of what they earn and we get to invest in a community that respects the taxes that they collect.
I realize that these are wasted words on someone who will never run a business but that how the real world works. When you finish your grifting of federal dollars, remember the world needs ditch diggers too.
https://www.marylandcomptroller.gov/content/dam/mdcomp/md/reports/research/immigration-economy.pdf
I see the confusion here. MD welcomed more Illegals as citizens moved out. Wonder how that tax revenue is affected?
@5:44 hey man, I'm going to stop messing with you for a moment and be sincere. Are you ok? At this point I'm genuinely concerned about your state of mind. The mere mention of someone being a federal employee in Bethesda (home to several government buildings, mind you) has sent you into a blind rage for over a week now. You have to understand that this is not a normal reaction. Did you have a significant other in the past that broke up with you for a federal employee or something? The way you've been acting is just weird. Very strange.
You better call Uhaul because they got it all wrong!
Liberals are so funny. Don't go away mad! We're here for you. Rarely do we get to engage someone so deluded that I was tempted to post the thread to our local business chat to demonstrate why our sister company needs to relocate out of MD as well although I just can't believe that there are that many lazy federal workers pushing insane narratives. The head of our HR department says don' play around with crazy but you're not likely to move south so we should be good.
In all seriousness, put down the waterpipe and get back to reality.
@5:55 what a weird comment. I haven't seen a conservative crash out this hard since the liberal progressives freed their slaves.
Yes yes I know, you've said this before, liberals bad, government bad, feds lazy and bad, immigrants bad, Maryland bad, private industry good, billion-dollar corporations are the true victims, etc etc. At this point you're just repeating the same script, it's just boring. Don't you have anything creative? Some other kooky conspiracy theories to rant about? Come on man, amuse me!
We were hoping that you might do some actual work during the "workday" but color us not surprised.
Serious question: Do you believe that MD' corporate tax rate and digital services tax has anything to do with companies choosing other states like VA? Just trying to bring you back to planet earth.
"since liberal progressives freed the slaves"
Wow, so now you don't even know history. Better talk to someone in grade school who can set you straight.
@1:44 this is just more of the same script. Feds bad, wahhh the billion-dollar corporations have to pay taxes, blah blah blah. I asked for creativity, dude! Don't let me down now!
Yes, I am aware that greedy corporations like to move to other places like VA so they can skip out on paying their fair share of taxes. The thriving small businesses I frequent are weathering it quite well.
@1:44 do you even live in Maryland?
@3:29 Are you even an American? We already know you don't know history and can't refute actual data. Probably why you shill for the worst politicians in the country.
Even naturalized citizens need to learn a little about American history whereas you haven't got a clue.
@8:19 it never ceases to amuse watching these "government bad" cornballs try to say that the Department of Defense is a bad thing. LOL
Did you ever figure out why high tax rates and punitive taxes encourage companies to move to red states?
Yeah, didn't think so.
Not the government as a whole but your argument, Reduco ad Absurdum, is a false premise. We're specifically referring to people like you who work against American citizens and interests.
Since your too lazy to scroll:
https://www.mdchamber.org/2025/12/18/maryland-is-losing-people-to-other-states/
https://foxbaltimore.com/spotlight-on-maryland/maryland-leaders-deflect-residents-flee-costs-taxes-affordability
https://thedailyrecord.com/2026/04/22/maryland-loses-residents/
@7:08 and this is the part of the script where you accuse anyone who thinks differently than you do of being a non-citizen. Also, you're projecting again.
I see you're back in the office. No imagination, no facts and absolutely no clue.
https://www.mdchamber.org/2025/12/18/maryland-is-losing-people-to-other-states/
https://foxbaltimore.com/spotlight-on-maryland/maryland-leaders-deflect-residents-flee-costs-taxes-affordability
https://thedailyrecord.com/2026/04/22/maryland-loses-residents/
For someone who claims to be in IT like 8:55, they can't even do a normal Google search. Grade school kids could easily do your job and as a bonus, know a lot more about American history.
This short list took less than 3 minutes to post. We're here all day, tell your friends! - If you have any.
2026 FYI -12,127 residents lost to domestic migration (6th most in US, per Census) - Maryland named 6th worst state for tax competitiveness (per: Tax Foundation)
https://www.wmar2news.com/infocus/comptroller-maryland-losing-young-middle-class-residents-due-to-higher-housing-prices-regulation
https://mdbaynews.com/2025/11/25/maryland-domestic-outmigration-immigration-housing-costs-2025/
https://marylandreporter.com/2026/03/23/quiet-exodus-from-maryland-the-real-reasons-for-the-departure-of-capital-and-talent/
https://wallethub.com/edu/best-worst-states-to-be-a-taxpayer/2416
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-which-u-s-states-gained-the-most-residents-in-2025/
https://www.newsweek.com/map-shows-states-americans-moved-last-10-years-2093477
https://wtop.com/maryland/2025/10/high-housing-costs-are-driving-people-out-of-maryland-new-state-report-finds/
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2026/05/14/marylands-high-costs-push-families-to-florida-the-careys-are-next/
https://thedailyrecord.com/2026/01/09/regulations-taxes-pushing-people-out-of-md/
@8:29 LOL
@1:54 falling back onto the gaslight and project part of the script, are we?
@8:12 Since you have such a limited internet ability to scroll past any particular post, let alone not having any idea of what words mean, I'll repost it for you!
Grade school kids could easily do your job and as a bonus, know a lot more about American history.
This short list took less than 3 minutes to post. We're here all day, tell your friends! - If you have any.
2026 FYI -12,127 residents lost to domestic migration (6th most in US, per Census) - Maryland named 6th worst state for tax competitiveness (per: Tax Foundation)
https://www.wmar2news.com/infocus/comptroller-maryland-losing-young-middle-class-residents-due-to-higher-housing-prices-regulation
https://mdbaynews.com/2025/11/25/maryland-domestic-outmigration-immigration-housing-costs-2025/
https://marylandreporter.com/2026/03/23/quiet-exodus-from-maryland-the-real-reasons-for-the-departure-of-capital-and-talent/
https://wallethub.com/edu/best-worst-states-to-be-a-taxpayer/2416
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-which-u-s-states-gained-the-most-residents-in-2025/
https://www.newsweek.com/map-shows-states-americans-moved-last-10-years-2093477
https://wtop.com/maryland/2025/10/high-housing-costs-are-driving-people-out-of-maryland-new-state-report-finds/
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2026/05/14/marylands-high-costs-push-families-to-florida-the-careys-are-next/
https://thedailyrecord.com/2026/01/09/regulations-taxes-pushing-people-out-of-md/
Interesting observation that a government worker who ostensibly handles classified materials and therefore must hold a clearance responds to a local blog giving out lots of personal information about past employment/deployment, used to live in Laurel now Bethesda, approximately 15-years older than a Gen Z and is quite active in several leftist movements, (by their own words). Most people we know who have security jobs would certainly keep a lower profile, and even people with NDA's would think twice but maybe that's just the common sense kicking in.
Then again, it could all be lies...
@11:29 learn to read, galaxy brain. I already responded to that claim days ago. Four years of growth followed by one year of loss does not indicate a "mass exodus". Surely the loss of residents couldn't have something to do with the administration firing federal employees without cause, right?
@12:34 sweaty, you tried. Glad that you can demonstrate basic reading comprehension though. It's more than I can say for this other bozo that's been rage posting at me.
@6:44 You use the same language I hear when walking by Bethesda Elementary during recess.
This is why you're so bad at your job. Your one data source takes into account illegal immigrants which are a net negative income stream because of entitlements. Too bad reading isn't fundamental and forget about comprehension because multiple data points using IRS and MD Comptroller data tell the real story. Ignorance and apathy aren't virtues but your making that case.
Second point considering your second statement of Trump, which I figured your TDS would get to sooner or later. Your now admitting there is an exodus problem? I mean which is it? Please make up your mind as we all want to kno what the soothsayer says!
6:44/6:46 is so angry that they are now grasping for alternate excuses to ignore a mountain of conflicting data where the conclusions don't support their fantasy world. Don't know how much longer you can avoid the tax competitiveness argument but since you've never owned a business, and frankly never will successfully, you had better stick to what you know which is grifting the government.
There is an old Chinese proverb that is relatable especially to your unforced errors of disclosures: Better to be silent and thought of as a fool than to speak up and remove all doubt.
Pretty nasty case of Federal Derangement Syndrome you've got there.
You've been on the gaslighting and projection part of the script for a while now. Can you skip to the next section please?
For the record, we appreciate who and what the federal government stands for. What we don't want are those within the government that work against its own citizens in favor of Illegals and using public tax dollars to do so.
Your command of the English language is questionable at best and comprehension is essentially non-existent. You use the words gaslighting and projection as statements in refutation of an argument with no support of fact. Perhaps it's time to enroll for some remedial courses at Montgomery College.
Unfortunately, your arguments are so typical of liberal philosophy which is probably why the left is so violent because any factual arguments never survive real scrutiny.
@4:27 sir, you are still on that section of the script.
Thought you would be busy in NJ as Signal has been calling for respirators for your "peaceful protests" and someone on Threads posted drop-off locations. Hopefully the real feds will be there to round up all your buddies.
The script is the same because it's factual. If indeed you do work for government, stop working against American citizens and just do your job.
@5:20 tf is bro yapping about LMAO
@9:23 That's more like the language that you're more familiar with! Stick with what you know which isn't anything related tax policy or current events.
@12:51 we are now into week three of your schizoposting. Please let me know ahead of time if there will be a fourth, I'll need to clear some space on my calendar.
Better clear the calendar! Since you're working on public time, we're all waiting for the progressive take on Brandon's favorite color because you can't articulate why so many companies are moving out of blue states into red states and taking their working with them.
Ahh, four weeks it is then. Let me cheeeeck... hmm... I am pretty busy now that it's Pride month. Can I pencil you in for 5pm next Monday? I can give you a 30 minute slot to schizorant all you want.
Just waiting for you to post some actual responses but since there won't be any that make sense, we'll be here for you.
I take it that's a yes for 5PM Monday?
Are you actually going to address the tax issues comparing MD competitiveness or deflect because there is no argument to support your contention?
The answer is you can't which is why the left has never produced an example of where and when it works. I guess by Monday you'll be drunk as well.
@4:26 wonderful, I'll pencil you in for 5PM Monday. Maybe I'll include a short lesson on reading comprehension since you apparently haven't read any of my replies.
Yeah, you did so well explaining proximity in a more recent thread. Please tell us more about your business insight!
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