Just got off the phone with my accountant and the City of Philadelphia HATES small businesses. They somehow managed to make us pay even more taxes than we already were

Huge!

Once again asking the Philadelphia Parks Department to shovel the sidewalks they’re responsible for like the rest of us

Two sectors that don’t have to pay city business taxes for the vast majority of their revenue

We've got more than enough 🦋 farms!

This is a great addition to the dialogue on Market East but it’s depressing how far you have to scroll to find the first mentions of housing and jobs. Less icing more cake!

Absolutely gutting news. Isaiah Zagar (z"l) was the best of us, and will be terribly missed. May his memory be a blessing.

Philly’s economy is among the nation’s strongest for the first time in generations | Expert Opinion Despite deep poverty and a high wage tax, Philadelphia benefits from relying on eds and meds as well as a low cost of living compared to other big cities.

Love the enthusiasm here but calling it "Philly's economy" is hiding the ball when most of our region's job growth is happening outside of Philly proper

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Top right corner. Can't help but wonder if The Simpsons paid subtle tribute to Dan McQuade in tonight's set-in-Philadelphia 800th episode.

“Bell spotted a billboard for FDR’s New Deal, which included the insignia of a bald eagle, and decided this new team should be called the Philadelphia Eagles.”

‘We’re going to work at the speed of business’: Mayor Cherelle Parker launches PHL PRIME to help firms navigate Philly’s red tape Parker unveiled the new city program by signing an executive order during her annual speech at the Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia.

Just cut the damn BIRT already

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There should be billboards

It's frankly mind-boggling that we've only had 11 murders in Philadelphia so far this year. At this point last year—the year with the lowest murder rate in 60 years—there were 21 murders. In 2021 we'd already had 52! The mayor, the tourism bureaus, everyone should be talking about this non-stop.

I started my 2025 filing today and, yeah, this BIRT change is a HUGE local tax hike on Schedule Cs in Philly.

I owe double what I paid last year, after making less money. Plus, it ends up being even more than that substantively because you have to pre-pay all of 2026.

This is why Philly is not an obvious candidate for full-cordon cong. pricing, as the region's existing job sprawl landscape could see induced reverse commuting instead. Instead, radial highway tolling on 76 and 95 gets the benefit of revenue source while moderating highway as opposed to local VMT

Dan McQuade, award-winning writer, tireless community activist, and ‘Philadelphia institution,’ has died at 43 Often irreverent, always inventive, he filed memorable stories about the Wildwood T-shirt scene, Wawa hoagies, the Philly accent, and other cool stuff. His stories sparkled with research and humor.

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Cut the BIRT

How Malvern’s Pa. Turnpike ramp sparked billions in economic development Thousands of people moved in to take advantage of the new jobs or a suddenly more convenient commute to Philadelphia.

Excited for the day when we get one of these stories about a Philly city government-led economic development success story

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Scrolling through Twitter, finding the ancient texts, discovered a quintessential Dan tweet.

All the chicken littles who were predicting that we’d get at least an inch of ice have gone awfully quiet

There’s nothing like the quiet of a snowstorm in the city

A video of ICE agents apparently killing a man, shooting him several times while he's on the ground. They run away from his corpse.

Crackdown on Shadow Fleet Escalates With Seizure of Ship Carrying Russian Oil French forces’ boarding of a tanker signaled a more aggressive approach to sanctioned ships that move the oil fueling Russia’s war economy.

“The seizure of the Grinch”

www.wsj.com/world/europe... (🎁)

The anti-economic mobility caucus

Is there a single elected official in Philadelphia that has “job growth” in their top three priorities?

Concentrated benefits, dispersed costs

Let's index their salary to our city's unemployment rate and see how fast that changes

Our city’s highest-in-the-nation business taxes create a dependence on the PA suburbs and neighboring states for jobs for city residents. If we ever want to truly control our own destiny as a city that’s got to change

Probably one of the worst decisions made by this administration to date. And a huge chunk of the revenue will just go to enforce the BIRT onto microscopically small businesses. If you're not going to even try to fight uniformity clause then you don't care about the economic future of the city

That one was weirdly bad