One of the beneficial side effects of Trump's policies to shrink the scope of the federal government has been a reduction in the size of the government workforce, and (one hopes) a continuing reduction of Democrats living in Northern Virginia. Via friend and commenter JeffS: "Once Recession-Proof, D.C. Feels the Pain From Federal Workforce Reductions".
The Washington, D.C. area has long had a reputation for being both wealthy and recession-proof, based on money forcibly extracted in the form of taxes from people living productive lives elsewhere in the United States.
That may no longer be the case. Downsizing of the federal workforce concentrated in the DMV area—the District of Columbia and parts of Maryland and Virginia—has hit many residents hard, and some are considering leaving or have already done so. While it's not nice to wish troubles on anybody, there's nothing wrong with introducing government employees to the same risks and uncertainty that participants in the private sector face every day.Amen to that last.
No! The residents of Capitol City are not supposed to suffer the consequences of their policies! That's for the base plebs!
ReplyDeleteYou see a similar, but smaller, situation in areas with a large number of federal agencies (and hence employees) as compared to the private sector.
ReplyDeleteFederal employees outside of the National Capital Region have similar attitudes as well.
Oh, no! Are you saying they're running out of other peoples money?
ReplyDeleteOther people say...good!