{"id":2855,"date":"2008-01-09T17:04:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-09T17:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2008\/01\/yay-i-pay-lower-taxes.html"},"modified":"2008-01-09T17:04:00","modified_gmt":"2008-01-09T17:04:00","slug":"yay-i-pay-lower-taxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2008\/01\/yay-i-pay-lower-taxes\/","title":{"rendered":"Yay! I pay lower taxes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Post<\/span> columnist <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Marc Fisher<\/span> breaks down the tax burdens of the BeltwayLand jurisdictions in today&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.washingtonpost.com\/rawfisher\/\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Raw Fisher post<\/span><\/a>. My city, Alexandria, is the lowest listed. Would it surprise you that Montgomery County is the highest? At least they have something to show for it, unlike PG County which isn&#8217;t far behind its western neighbor. 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