Last decade, this website was a lonely voice in the media landscape warning that the economies of Montgomery County and Maryland were moribund. Since 2018, powerful voices such as the editorial board of The Washington Post, two-time County Executive candidate David Blair, and even Maryland Governor Wes Moore have reached the same conclusion. Now, an overwhelming majority of Maryland residents are also saying the state's economy has stagnated. 67% of residents polled by the University of Maryland Baltimore County declared Maryland's economy as "poor" or "fair." Results of the poll were released Tuesday by UMBC.
49% of residents told pollsters that Maryland is "on the wrong track." 62% are concerned about the amount of taxes Maryland residents pay. That's not a major shock, as Maryland is one of the states with the highest tax burden in America, and Montgomery County has the highest tax and fee burden of any jurisdiction in the Washington, D.C. area. 77% of residents want lawmakers to focus on crime, but would probably be surprised to learn that the only crime bills likely to pass in the current session of the state legislature will loosen up on criminals, instead of cracking down.
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Thousands have lost their job or been furloughed just in Bethesda this month. These poll numbers are almost certain to continue cratering over the coming months and years, assuming Trump continues to run the country like one of his many failed businesses.
No surprises there! It's what we want.
You not we, NMP.
Consumer sentiment plunging, business sentiment plunging, inflation spiking, unemployment claims spiking. Make America 2020 Again!
If Trump can put a dent in the deep state, and that's a big if, the flight of bureaucrats from MoCo could turn it more purple. But I'm not holding my breath.
Oh, here I was thinking my wife was working on Alzheimer's research when she was actually part of the Deep State. Thank God Mein Fuhrer fired her, then! Fingers crossed we have to move out of the state so that Maryland can become a bit less educated, less successful, and therefore a bit more Red.
Markets collapsing today because of Trump's tariffs. Hope no one here was trying to retire in the next couple years. Can we please just skip to the part where a Democrat is elected to fix the mess? 50 years of this same freaking cycle over and over again.
Starting to hear about layoffs in private businesses (IT, hospitality, communications) in connection with/as a result of the mass government firings.
I first learned of the ten dollar word "Moribund" years ago right here on this blog thanks to Mr. Dyer.
President Trump, please call it off!! Here's one possibly productive anomaly!! Just ask her!!
Our energetic and vocal new governor has been unwisely poking the energetic and effective President of the United States. Let's see how that works out for us.
@12:58 How did Brandon and Kamala do the last 4 years? Wars, illegal immigration, unbridled deficit spending? Even CNN is having to admit some of the progress not to mention the positive polls in support of the current policies. Seriously, get help.
What did people in the Las administration say to those fired by Biden's pen?
Learn to code...
What are you even talking about? 4 straight years of job and economic growth so you make up nonsense about how, what, Biden is to blame for Russia and Hamas starting wars? Pathetic.
12:56 For every scientist doing useful research there are offices full of "managers" and people walking the d..errr working from home. (And I'm a fed)
I'm seeing more cars in Bethesda now that people have to come to work. It should help the restaurant business.
So 4:59 comes in to read the leftist sheet music that has been playing on repeat the entire Brandon presidency but forgets things like when they were calculating inflation, they left out food, housing and energy. But keep believing the Alice in Wonderland stats. Jimmy Carter can rest in peace knowing he's no longer the worst president in history and by a huge margin.
I realize weed is legal but lay off the pipe when trying to make a real argument.
@6:14 AM: What is the metric you are using to measure thousands of lost jobs in Bethesda alone? I typically refer to number of unemployment claims which for the week ending 1/4/25 was 24,430 and the week ending 2/22/25 was 25,602... For the state of Maryland.
@12:58 PM: S&P 500 is up 1.46% YTD. What market collapsing are you talking about?
@4:59 PM: Politico has a great article on the flawed metrics of Biden era job and economic growth. https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/02/11/democrats-tricked-strong-economy-00203464
So by 7:34/7:37's logic and "non-biased" propaganda link, Kamala should have won by a landslide, especially when asked if she would do anything differently in which the answer was no!
This is why we tell our kids, (at least mine), not to do drugs. Get help while you can.
This
9:18 here. Apologies to 734/737 as responding on a phone between meetings sometimes doesn't always work out. Commentary was directed at 1258/459
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