Conservative and libertarian policies:

Tax cuts = less government revenue, literally defunding the state.

Privatization = less revenue going to the government, more to the private market, and due to tax cuts, that money isn’t coming back to government.

Conclusion, the right wing are conducting anti-patriotic economic attacks on the state… Often doing so in a targeted way, funded by billionaire think tanks.

It’s a major issue that needs to be named, and discussed more openly.

How much are the taxes? $20,000.

I can’t get over how I’m learning about small town economic policies via a meme. Thanks for spreading awareness!

This Washington Post article talks about the policy and how other small cities are trying the same thing https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/08/30/cumberland-maryland-revival/

Retirees. There are millions of workers in the DC/Baltimore area, looking for a cheaper place to retire. This is sort of in the area and much cheaper.

My ex-SIL frequently spoke about looking over the border into West Virginia as a place to buy cheap land for retirement, however her priority was access to breweries and being able to visit the city, but Cumberland is awfully far out for that

How much is twenty thousand dollar dollars in USD?

I grew up in a village called Cumberland that is growing in slow, moderated steps…

Edit: Commented in the wrong place.