Matthew Yglesias

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

A typical pre-Covid urban political economy is to encourage office development (tax revenue without new residents) even where housing would make more sense (Hudson Yards) but the tax-exempt status of much DC stuff means we needed to adopt a residential-focused “business model.” — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 23, 2022 Hibernated

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1. DC Council is partially composed of at-large members which dilutes the power of local vetoes. 2. So much government/nonprofit stuff in the CBD that doesn’t generate tax revenue, political class puts more value on the revenue from residential development. — PolitiTweet.org

Why does NYC produce so much less housing per capita than Washington?

Posted July 23, 2022 Hibernated

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It’s good to advance popular bills that unite Dems while dividing and embarrassing Republicans. DeSantis & Trump don’t want to talk about this, so you know it’s a good thing to put on the agenda. — PolitiTweet.org

NEW: Republicans split on same-sex marriage bill, which faces uncertainty in the Senate It’s ~halfway to breaking… https://t.co/WKoyHdoQhE

Posted July 23, 2022 Hibernated