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Census Bureau: D.C. Suburbs Remain Nation’s Richest Counties
CNS News ^ | September 14, 2017 | Terence P. Jeffrey

Posted on 09/15/2017 5:09:31 AM PDT by C19fan

The three richest counties in the United States with populations of 65,000 or more, when measured by their 2016 median household incomes, were all suburbs of Washington, D.C., according to data released today by the Census Bureau.

Eight of the 20 wealthiest counties with populations of 65,000 or more were also suburbs of Washington, D.C.--as were 10 of the top 25.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; US: District of Columbia; US: Maryland; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: government
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To: zzwhale
DOD loses $7 TRILLLION IN UNACCOUNTED FOR FUNDS....

In private business or industry that would have someone serving time. Where are the audits and accountability in the DOD?

21 posted on 09/15/2017 7:33:59 AM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Building the Wall! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: TruthFactor

He inherited it, so it’s his. The draining is not as simple as he projected.


22 posted on 09/15/2017 7:35:32 AM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Building the Wall! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: JimRed
He inherited it, so it’s his. The draining is not as simple as he projected .

Don't agree at all. The swamp is a powerful, corrupt, criminal political system that has evolved out of humanites fallen nature. It is a monster that needs to be destroyed. It will take much more than Trump to destroy it. It will take our entire society.

23 posted on 09/15/2017 8:08:18 AM PDT by TruthFactor (Hang em', Hang em' High.)
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To: C19fan
Who cares about county income

It's the state GDP that counts...In 1st Quarter 2017:

Texas is top at 3.9%....OIL, Gas and FRACKING

West Virginia is second with 3.0%.....COAL, Gas and more FRACKING

Washington DC with a paltry 0.6%.....hot air,

Details here: https://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/gdp_state/2017/qgsp0717.htm

24 posted on 09/15/2017 8:20:09 AM PDT by spokeshave (The Fake Media tried to stop us from going to the White House, I am President and they are not. DJT)
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To: CptnObvious
#1 is Loudoun County, Va. which does not touch DC.

Fairfield County,Connecticut doesn't touch New York City but it's still very much a suburb.

25 posted on 09/15/2017 8:20:29 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (ObamaCare Works For Those Who Don't.)
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To: TruthFactor
It is a monster that needs to be destroyed. It will take much more than Trump to destroy it. It will take our entire society.

One way to start is to remove the opportunity to become fabulously wealthy while earning "only" $170,000 per year in a costly environment. Start with TERM LIMITS. Get them out before their networks can become entrenched. Require that all political donations be ANONYMOUS; you can't sell influence if you don't know who is buying. Americans should be permitted to donate to any party or candidate in any amount the choose; that is FREEDOM. But when it become tit-for-tat bribery it is criminal. Force lobbyists to argue their positions on the MERITS, not on "we gave you..."

Finally, make congress subject to all laws and regulations which apply to the general public, eliminating the insider trading with which they enrich themselves.

26 posted on 09/15/2017 8:32:32 AM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Building the Wall! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: Gay State Conservative
Fairfield County,Connecticut doesn't touch New York City but it's still very much a suburb.

Then can it be called a D.C. Suburb as in the Title?

27 posted on 09/15/2017 8:40:40 AM PDT by CptnObvious (uestion her now.)
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To: CptnObvious
Then can it be called a D.C. Suburb as in the Title?

No,but Loudon County could be considered a DC suburb despite not touching the city.I don't have the first clue where Loudon County is but your post seemed to suggest that simply because it doesn't touch DC it cannot be considered a suburb.

Perhaps I should have done more investigating to see exactly why you posted that comment.

28 posted on 09/15/2017 8:45:28 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (ObamaCare Works For Those Who Don't.)
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To: CptnObvious

The area around wdc is replete with government “workers” (active and retired), beltway bandits, lawyers. lobbyists, politician losers and their hangers-on that do their bidding...all of whom steal your money and live like royalty on your dime. Pathetic, no?


29 posted on 09/15/2017 8:49:11 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: pepsionice

Maryland is MD.

Maine is MA.


30 posted on 09/15/2017 9:16:58 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (I was not elected to continue a failed system. I was elected to change it. --Donald J. Trump)
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To: JimRed
He inherited it, so it’s his. The draining is not as simple as he projected JimRed expected.
31 posted on 09/15/2017 9:18:41 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (I was not elected to continue a failed system. I was elected to change it. --Donald J. Trump)
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To: CptnObvious

My Brother in law bought a mini mansion in Fairfax Station about 15 years ago for $641,000. Now its worth well over $1 million.


32 posted on 09/15/2017 9:23:18 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Gay State Conservative
I don't have the first clue where Loudon County is...

Loudoun County is two counties west of DC and was/is a really beautiful horse farm county. As the populations increased in the closer surrounding areas people started to find places to live that were further from people and traffic. Counties like Loudoun, and my county, Stafford (#20 on the list) started to get overrun with the liberal scum from the crowded areas near DC.

I was stationed in DC in 1992 and bought a home in Stafford because it was very rural, the county and school district didn't have any debt (they saved and paid cash for everything) and it was a place where a poor Air Force Captain could afford a home for his wife and two children. The median income was quite low.

Around 2000 all the liberals got tired of taxes and high costs of living and found counties like Stafford and Loudoun and started the infestation. We now have a huge population and the traffic is a nightmare all day long. My wife can retire in three years and we are gone.

33 posted on 09/15/2017 9:44:30 AM PDT by OldMissileer (Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
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To: Albion Wilde
Maine is MA.

Ahem....Massachusetts is MA.Maine is ME

34 posted on 09/15/2017 9:50:26 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (ObamaCare Works For Those Who Don't.)
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To: OldMissileer
Around 2000 all the liberals got tired of taxes and high costs of living and found counties like Stafford and Loudoun and started the infestation. We now have a huge population and the traffic is a nightmare all day long. My wife can retire in three years and we are gone.

Sounds lie the town I live in and surrounding towns.In the 1950's there was a tornado around here called the Worcester Tornado.It's important because tornadoes are almost unheard of around here and this one was a bad one.I saw a local documentary which said at one point that "the tornado started in (can't recall the town's name) and dissipated in the small farming town of Framingham".

Framingham,the town next to mine,is today a heavily populated town which features terrible traffic jams during commuter times because it's only about 15 miles from Boston and is located right on two of the most important roads to Boston (one being I-90).

35 posted on 09/15/2017 10:00:42 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (ObamaCare Works For Those Who Don't.)
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To: Gay State Conservative; pepsionice
Ahem....Massachusetts is MA. Maine is ME

Whoops! Thanks!

36 posted on 09/15/2017 11:48:55 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (I was not elected to continue a failed system. I was elected to change it. --Donald J. Trump)
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To: C19fan; Abundy; Albion Wilde; AlwaysFree; AnnaSASsyFR; bayliving; BFM; Bigg Red; ...

Can we in the D.C. area just call ourselves Panem now? #RealHungerGames

Maryland “Freak State” PING!


37 posted on 09/15/2017 12:28:57 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (April 2006 Message from Dan http://www.dansimmons.com/news/message/2006_04.htm)
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To: central_va

As a resident of #1, I can say that we are not teeming with refugees or Central American residents. They tend to reside even farther from DC or in independent VA cities within the county, which are not governed by the county or included in county stats. We do have scores of H1B visa residents and my home is somewhere on the border with New India, West Pakistan, and oddly North Kenya.


38 posted on 09/15/2017 2:05:34 PM PDT by kaboom
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To: kaboom

I know Montgomery County MD, extremely well. You can drive down Rockville Pike to Wheaton then take GA avenue and not see anything but 3rd worlders. No white people at all. The east part of Montgomery Co might as well be another country.


39 posted on 09/15/2017 2:11:34 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: JimRed

I agree with everything you said in your post. Term limits is a must. It would be the most effective way to reduce Federal power and curruption. I would even agree to a very large pay raise for Congress if they closed all other loopholes of income.


40 posted on 09/15/2017 7:00:57 PM PDT by TruthFactor (Hang em', Hang em' High.)
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