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The top 3 richest counties in America are actually surrounding Washington D.C. Money is extracted from everywhere else in the country via taxes and paid to peop
by zip1234 8y ago
The top 3 richest counties in America are actually surrounding Washington D.C. Money is extracted from everywhere else in the country via taxes and paid to people in that area.
- jki275 8y agoThat's not how taxation works... The rich counties around DC are for quite different reasons.
- zip1234 8y agoIf you mean that people that earn less pay less tax--what I am trying to say is that money is being taken via taxation across the entire country. However, that money is being spent by the Federal government in high concentrations in certain places. The DC area is one such place. Any military base or Federal government office is such a place. Money is being spent there that was earned elsewhere. Why do you think senators fight so hard to keep military bases in their states? It is because a military base is a firehose of Federal money going into their state from elsewhere.
- jki275 8y agoMy point is that the rich areas around DC are not rich because of tax money. Military bases are a boost to the economy in some places. They're a drain in others.