Quote Originally Posted by cstone View Post
As much as the people of the District would like to imply that they are a special circumstance, I disagree.

DC has tried numerous times to impose a commuter tax on workers in DC. Congress has not allowed that to happen for obvious reasons. NYC on the other hand levies a commuter tax on all of the workers who live in NJ and the surrounding counties in NY state. If it wasn't for the negative affect on business, I suspect there are progressive politicians in Denver who would love to impose the same type of tax on commuters from surrounding counties in the metro area.
Without calling it a commuter tax, Denver did figure out a way to get similar tax, they just tax everybody who works in Denver monthly regardless of where they live. It's called the Denver Occupational Privilege Tax (DOPT). Who would have thought of that, an extra tax just because you work in Denver, oh wait, I forgot Denver has been run by democrats for a while now.