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2019-12-19 Home Front: Culture Wars

Nine of the 20 richest counties in the US are in the Washington DC suburbs as the capital outstrips Silicon Valley in earning power

[MAIL] The Washington suburbs have been revealed as some of the richest places in the US - out-earning California's Silicon Valley.

Loudoun County and Falls Church City, both in Virginia, topped the nation in terms of median incomes, with households earning an average of $140,000 and $137,500 per year, according to the US Census Bureau.

They far outstripped Santa Clara County in California, which makes up the majority of Silicon Valley and where the average household earns $126,000 per year.

In total, nine of the 20 wealthiest counties in the US are located in the DC suburbs.

Posted by Skidmark 2019-12-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11138 views ] Top

#1 Center of the principal industry?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-12-19 01:50|| 2019-12-19 01:50|| Front Page Top

#2 Anyone who thinks 'big government' is not a problem really isn't paying attention.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-12-19 04:50|| 2019-12-19 04:50|| Front Page Top

#3 You know if you disperse most of that government activity, it would drop property prices and the rationales for outrageous civil service and lobbyist pay. Additionally it would force special interests groups to also disperse across the country to multiple locations driving up their operational costs. Decentralization, just another of those checks and balances for the national government.

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-12-19 07:46|| 2019-12-19 07:46|| Front Page Top

#4 Extend the right of servicemembers granted in the early 40s not to pay local and state income taxes to federal employees who because of federal reorganization or reassignment move to new locations, but with a 8 or 10 year homestead clause (stay too long, you become a local). No grandfathering.

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-12-19 08:59|| 2019-12-19 08:59|| Front Page Top

#5 Government pay should be in line with tax pauer income. Not more or they become an oppressive govrrning class all of its own.

Posted by Varmint Splat1454 2019-12-19 23:13|| 2019-12-19 23:13|| Front Page Top

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