Other than the hardcore Progressive and all the Elitists who might read Politico, everyone else is woopin’ and hollering in joy
‘DOGE and Musk were gonna have a big impact’: Federal job cuts shake the Capital Region
Political leaders across the Washington region are scrambling to find a place for government workers President Donald Trump is trying to fire, part of a mad dash to protect the region’s economy that relies on serving the federal workforce.
And most people see a localized economy that serves a massive bureaucracy as a big problem, and understand that this was never supposed to happen
Officials from the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia have been mobilizing their resources to build a safety net, trying to offer fired federal workers positions elsewhere. Websites sprawling with links on everything from filing for unemployment to postings for local jobs have gone up for all the major counties in the area, and officials are trying to hire as many former federal officials as they can in state and local government.
Which is where most government should reside, rather than in the isolated, insulated District Of Columbia and the surrounding towns.
The loss of jobs for potentially hundreds of thousands of federal workers would be devastating for the area’s future. The unemployment rate is inching up already in Washington, and the administration is exploring selling federal buildings in the city. The District’s budget projected as many as 40,000 fewer federal jobs, descending the city into a “mild recession” in 2026.
For most of America that sounds like a good thing
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser earlier this month announced the city would expedite the hiring process for federal workers looking to move to city government jobs. Maryland Gov. Wes Moore also unveiled an omnibus recruitment package, including virtual job fairs to siphon federal workers to the state’s growing education, biotechnology and cybersecurity sectors.
How many jobs does the city government really need? Can they afford to pay those big salaries? Does the state really need them?
And Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin — a Republican and a backer of Trump who has thrown support behind DOGE — launched a “Virginia Has Jobs” campaign to promote the state, with his office noting many Virginians are “concerned about the impact of the federal workforce realignment on their careers.”
Virginia probably needs a bunch of people to work in the parks and road projects.
Departments and agencies are due to implement a widespread reduction in workforce in early April. Thousands of federal workers stand to join the already fired probationary employees and the other tens of thousands that accepted buyouts. But local leaders say they’re already preparing for the fallout.
The Elites didn’t care when it was workers who refused to take the worthless COVID vaccine.
The “Political leaders across the Washington region” weren’t scrambling to find a place for pipeline workers when Joe Biden put the kibosh on the pipeline, were they. They were just chuckling, “Learn to code. The “Political leaders across the Washington region” weren’t expressing any sympathy for the right-wing rubes who were being fired because they were unwilling to take an unproven vaccine approved only on an emergency basis. The “Political leaders across the Washington region” weren’t trying to have any compassion for the Capitol kerfufflers and their families when Merrick Garland sicced the jackbooted thugs on an actual mostly peaceful protest over an election they believed to have been stolen.
So you’ll pardon me if I have less that complete sympathy for federal workers in useless positions who might have to move to Missouri to find cheaper housing in places where they might be able to get private sector jobbs.
The first sign of America’s recovery is the collapse of the D C real estate market.
DC real estate market was already in decline because of work from home mentality. Trump saved the city and restaurants by forcing people back to work.
how about fixing potholes? Learning to code?
The greater DC area (NoVA, DC, MD) has been living high on the hog for decades as the rest of the country endured recession after recession.
It’s time they suffered along with the rest of us. “We’re all in this together.” Right?