If you pass by the John Wilson Building on Pennsylvania Avenue, keep your eyes peeled for the electronic billboard that keeps a running tally of the amount D.C. residents pay in federal taxes.

Modeled after one on Dupont Circle that kept tabs on the number of rain forest acres turned to farmland, the digital display in front of the District’s city hall counts dollars.

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