'Tax Day, which ought to remind the average person of how much of his hard-earned money he never gets to touch, carries a different meaning here in the National Capitol Region. Here, it is our sustenance.' -TPCarney
The Beltway region finds its wealth, and its people find their work and, heck, their sense of purpose, in a tax code that includes both high rates and high complexity.
For starters, there’s the massive amount of federal money spent here. Last fiscal year, the federal government awarded $191 billion in spending within D.C. and the five counties that border it.that federal employees’ average compensation is nearly twice the average compensation of a private sector worker.
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