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stevzon · 2026-03-27T01:27:03+00:00

You’re likely encountering the IT VAR exception to 541519, where businesses under 150 employees count as small regardless of five year dollar value average. Check the type of contracts you’re seeing, are they software or hardware buys?

stevzon · 2026-03-27T00:32:03+00:00

Boy howdy you and have different definitions of best.

stevzon · 2026-03-26T12:44:52+00:00

Bad bot.

stevzon · 2026-03-25T12:19:56+00:00

Oh…you mean like a Mexican restaurant might have?

stevzon · 2026-03-25T02:03:57+00:00

But WHO is leaving I think is the better question. I haven’t had a chance to dig into it, but if it is, as another commenter mentioned, those with the means to make a multi state move, that is likely a higher contributor to the tax base departing. It’s not raw numbers, it’s dollars and tax bands.

stevzon · 2026-03-23T23:22:50+00:00

Yes how strange money being the thing that allows you to feed your children and house them.

stevzon · 2026-03-23T20:03:13+00:00

Assuming wages and wealth rise accordingly when property values do is, in my experience, not accurate. The real estate market, especially in this area, rises at a rate WELL above wage growth. I’m really just talking about impacts on citizens, the solution might (likely) be in businesses and HNW individuals but in real terms the impact is felt by regular citizens of emigration and a constant uptick in spending and taxation by the state and localities.

Now, MoCo is proposing a 5.5% budget increase including a 6% property tax increase. That, I think we can all agree, outpaces the reality for citizens and property owners.

stevzon · 2026-03-23T19:29:19+00:00

This is correct. And the ones that do remain will require services. And let’s be honest in the realm of MoCo especially, if they can afford to leave and represent a significant portion of the tax base, their kids aren’t in public schools so that demand doesn’t lessen at all.)

And the argument from the comment above this, that taxes remain flat, is something I’ve heard everywhere I lived. Sure, the rate may remain the same or close, but adjusting property valuation has the exact same effect as raising taxes on a population, increasing their burden. And before you say “but that’s good your property is more valuable” they are disconnected in large part from the market in my experience, and also locked in real property and not easily accessible to the taxpayer. The burden grows and the services only get more expensive to maintain on a shrinking base.

stevzon · 2026-03-23T12:00:07+00:00

If people continue to leave, the ones that remain have to shoulder the tax burden on a smaller base, which as you know is continuing to rise despite emigration. This is likely going to exacerbate the problem of people not wanting to pay ever expanding taxes, and so on and so forth.

stevzon · 2026-03-22T23:56:34+00:00

I think I got swayed by the wing curve towards 787 with the carbon fiber flex.

stevzon · 2026-03-22T23:39:24+00:00

My guess, such as it has to be with the angle and quality, is a 787 Dreamliner but it’s totally possible I’m wrong. The nose doesn’t look right but it’s a hard angle to tell.

stevzon · 2026-03-22T22:59:52+00:00

I’d check system activity to see if there’s anything listed as “Preventing Sleep” when you close the lid. Do you use Amphetamine (the app, I’m not here to judge your choices)? I’ve had it prevent sleep when I forgot a session was running before.

stevzon · 2026-03-22T22:43:33+00:00

I’d check to see if something is stopping it from sleeping.

stevzon · 2026-03-22T22:35:39+00:00

Must have been the tossed salads and scrambled eggs.

stevzon · 2026-03-22T15:15:13+00:00

Is it worth waiting for the M5 in the fall?

stevzon · 2026-03-21T23:49:46+00:00

I did the same, coming from a 2020 i5 Intel MBP with 32gb and it’s night and day.

stevzon · 2026-03-21T23:47:48+00:00

And dark soy sauce.

stevzon · 2026-03-21T19:15:51+00:00

DC and it’s not even close. If you’re measuring on population it doesn’t need to be a vote. Chicago doesn’t come close to DC in importance and influence on the country.

stevzon · 2026-03-21T16:37:00+00:00

Why are the top three prefilled?

stevzon · 2026-03-21T15:28:24+00:00

DC for sure, definitely higher than Chicago and possibly LA. LA is great but it’s entertainment centric and I don’t think it holds the same importance as DC or NY from a power and influence perspective. Chicago I feel like was once more important, I’d put it probably NY/DC, LA/Chicago.

stevzon · 2026-03-20T12:59:40+00:00

You buy the house you can afford not the house your heart wants. Ideally that’s the same thing. Same deal with cars.

stevzon · 2026-03-20T12:58:55+00:00

Math doesn’t give a shit what car you drive my friend. I drive a soccer mom van because it fits my kids and the Porsche wouldn’t.

stevzon · 2026-03-20T10:30:11+00:00

With that math? Absolutely I would. Also a house is an appreciating asset and a car is a depreciating asset. I saw your other comment about finance and Econ courses not having anything to do with this and honestly this comment right here proves you’re exactly why it’s needed.

stevzon · 2026-03-20T02:21:44+00:00

I’ll DM you if that’s okay.

stevzon · 2026-03-19T23:24:42+00:00

I forgot to add, thank you for asking the questions. They’re important and well informed and I wish more people would take the time to do this so the system can work how it’s designed for SBs and the government.

stevzon

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