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On Fri, 28 Dec 2012 13:48:16 -0500, iBoaterer wrote:

In article ,
says...

On Fri, 28 Dec 2012 12:02:38 -0500, iBoaterer wrote:

In article ,
says...

On Fri, 28 Dec 2012 09:07:36 -0500, iBoaterer wrote:



What does DC have to offer the US in the form of revenue and expansion?

Tourism.

Most people who visit DC stay in Maryland or Virginia.
Other than street vendors, DC does not make much money off of them,.
Virtually all of the attractions are free.
Tourists seldom get out of the national monument area.
Tour guides advise them to stay south of Pennsylvania avenue.

Those would be the areas the government would hold on to in any
circumstance.

Tourists need food, transportation, lodging, etc. Ever look at the taxes
generated by lodging alone? Tourists generate more than half of D.C's
sales tax alone!!

http://tinyurl.com/cmryjf3

Those "conventions" and most of the hotel stays are to lobby congress.
The price of a decent hotel in DC is far beyond the budget of the
average tourist. (you have to have "lobbyist money for that)

Of course there are still some flop houses that you might be able to
afford but I wouldn't go there without a police escort.

Most tourists will stay in Maryland or Virginia and hop the Metro to
get into town. The last time we were there we stayed in Old Town
(Alexandria)

Gee, that's not what the cite says......

Why would a puff piece about how wonderful DC is tell the truth about
how many people don't stay there?
You also notice they said there were not enough hotel rooms and that
DC was $322 million in the hole (in spite of huge federal infusions
of money)

As suspected. Please cite which statistics in the article you dispute
and give cites to what you believe the real numbers are......