DMV now leading the country in job losses, by a mile

[Anonymous]

The New York Times had a story the other day on the front page about unemployment in DC, focusing on out of work USAID people.

"A year later, people have plowed through savings, cashed out retirement funds and moved in with friends and relatives. Former U.S.A.I.D. workers who have done informal surveys estimate that less than half have found full-time work, with many making less than before. An estimated third are unemployed. Others are in part-time work. The District of Columbia currently has the highest unemployment rate in the nation, at 6.7 percent, in large part because of major reductions in the federal work force, including U.S.A.I.D., and cuts to government grants and contracts.

The few former U.S.A.I.D. workers who have landed similar or better jobs don’t like to talk about it in front of unemployed friends.

“I feel guilty, honestly, that of all my colleagues who I know are still unemployed, I’m the one who found something,” said Sara Miner, 42, who was a senior adviser in the agency’s H.I.V.-AIDS office and previously ran health programs in Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Now she helps manage health and human service programs for Fairfax County, Va.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/us/politics/usaid-former-employees.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The New York Times had a story the other day on the front page about unemployment in DC, focusing on out of work USAID people.

"A year later, people have plowed through savings, cashed out retirement funds and moved in with friends and relatives. Former U.S.A.I.D. workers who have done informal surveys estimate that less than half have found full-time work, with many making less than before. An estimated third are unemployed. Others are in part-time work. The District of Columbia currently has the highest unemployment rate in the nation, at 6.7 percent, in large part because of major reductions in the federal work force, including U.S.A.I.D., and cuts to government grants and contracts.

The few former U.S.A.I.D. workers who have landed similar or better jobs don’t like to talk about it in front of unemployed friends.

“I feel guilty, honestly, that of all my colleagues who I know are still unemployed, I’m the one who found something,” said Sara Miner, 42, who was a senior adviser in the agency’s H.I.V.-AIDS office and previously ran health programs in Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Now she helps manage health and human service programs for Fairfax County, Va.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/us/politics/usaid-former-employees.html

It must feel so awful helping people who were on the wrong side of the Civil War.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The New York Times had a story the other day on the front page about unemployment in DC, focusing on out of work USAID people.

"A year later, people have plowed through savings, cashed out retirement funds and moved in with friends and relatives. Former U.S.A.I.D. workers who have done informal surveys estimate that less than half have found full-time work, with many making less than before. An estimated third are unemployed. Others are in part-time work. The District of Columbia currently has the highest unemployment rate in the nation, at 6.7 percent, in large part because of major reductions in the federal work force, including U.S.A.I.D., and cuts to government grants and contracts.

The few former U.S.A.I.D. workers who have landed similar or better jobs don’t like to talk about it in front of unemployed friends.

“I feel guilty, honestly, that of all my colleagues who I know are still unemployed, I’m the one who found something,” said Sara Miner, 42, who was a senior adviser in the agency’s H.I.V.-AIDS office and previously ran health programs in Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Now she helps manage health and human service programs for Fairfax County, Va.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/us/politics/usaid-former-employees.html

There's a lot of former USAID people who have struggled. Still blows my mind that Congress allowed Trump to just delete the agency.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's wild to me how out of touch the mayoral candidates are. People have out of work for a year. They're applied to hundreds of jobs, they're running through their savings, their unemployment is ending, they don't how they're going to retire or send their kids to college and Janeese Lewis George is like let's focus on traffic safety! The job market is in free fall and they just ignore it.

The obsession with traffic safety is annoying. We have bigger fish to fry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's wild to me how out of touch the mayoral candidates are. People have out of work for a year. They're applied to hundreds of jobs, they're running through their savings, their unemployment is ending, they don't how they're going to retire or send their kids to college and Janeese Lewis George is like let's focus on traffic safety! The job market is in free fall and they just ignore it.

The obsession with traffic safety is annoying. We have bigger fish to fry.

Indeed. Turn off the automated traffic cameras and end the contract with the vendor. We can spend that money elsewhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The New York Times had a story the other day on the front page about unemployment in DC, focusing on out of work USAID people.

"A year later, people have plowed through savings, cashed out retirement funds and moved in with friends and relatives. Former U.S.A.I.D. workers who have done informal surveys estimate that less than half have found full-time work, with many making less than before. An estimated third are unemployed. Others are in part-time work. The District of Columbia currently has the highest unemployment rate in the nation, at 6.7 percent, in large part because of major reductions in the federal work force, including U.S.A.I.D., and cuts to government grants and contracts.

The few former U.S.A.I.D. workers who have landed similar or better jobs don’t like to talk about it in front of unemployed friends.

“I feel guilty, honestly, that of all my colleagues who I know are still unemployed, I’m the one who found something,” said Sara Miner, 42, who was a senior adviser in the agency’s H.I.V.-AIDS office and previously ran health programs in Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Now she helps manage health and human service programs for Fairfax County, Va.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/us/politics/usaid-former-employees.html

There's a lot of former USAID people who have struggled. Still blows my mind that Congress allowed Trump to just delete the agency.

It's apparent how mediocre they are that they are not qualified for real jobs outside a sinecure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's wild to me how out of touch the mayoral candidates are. People have out of work for a year. They're applied to hundreds of jobs, they're running through their savings, their unemployment is ending, they don't how they're going to retire or send their kids to college and Janeese Lewis George is like let's focus on traffic safety! The job market is in free fall and they just ignore it.

The obsession with traffic safety is annoying. We have bigger fish to fry.

Indeed. Turn off the automated traffic cameras and end the contract with the vendor. We can spend that money elsewhere.

The traffic cameras make money that can help the people who have lost their jobs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The New York Times had a story the other day on the front page about unemployment in DC, focusing on out of work USAID people.

"A year later, people have plowed through savings, cashed out retirement funds and moved in with friends and relatives. Former U.S.A.I.D. workers who have done informal surveys estimate that less than half have found full-time work, with many making less than before. An estimated third are unemployed. Others are in part-time work. The District of Columbia currently has the highest unemployment rate in the nation, at 6.7 percent, in large part because of major reductions in the federal work force, including U.S.A.I.D., and cuts to government grants and contracts.

The few former U.S.A.I.D. workers who have landed similar or better jobs don’t like to talk about it in front of unemployed friends.

“I feel guilty, honestly, that of all my colleagues who I know are still unemployed, I’m the one who found something,” said Sara Miner, 42, who was a senior adviser in the agency’s H.I.V.-AIDS office and previously ran health programs in Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Now she helps manage health and human service programs for Fairfax County, Va.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/us/politics/usaid-former-employees.html

There's a lot of former USAID people who have struggled. Still blows my mind that Congress allowed Trump to just delete the agency.

It's apparent how mediocre they are that they are not qualified for real jobs outside a sinecure.

Their entire field of work was just deleted. Give them a minute. There are no contractors because the entire realm of development work in the US was just ended. We are the laughingstock of the world not to mention growing more hated every day. Just wait until we're not the most powerful. They you'll see how much hate Trump has created towards us. He will be long since dead but the resentment he creates will be long lived.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's wild to me how out of touch the mayoral candidates are. People have out of work for a year. They're applied to hundreds of jobs, they're running through their savings, their unemployment is ending, they don't how they're going to retire or send their kids to college and Janeese Lewis George is like let's focus on traffic safety! The job market is in free fall and they just ignore it.

The obsession with traffic safety is annoying. We have bigger fish to fry.

Indeed. Turn off the automated traffic cameras and end the contract with the vendor. We can spend that money elsewhere.

The traffic cameras make money that can help the people who have lost their jobs.

Your obsession with traffic safety is annoying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The New York Times had a story the other day on the front page about unemployment in DC, focusing on out of work USAID people.

"A year later, people have plowed through savings, cashed out retirement funds and moved in with friends and relatives. Former U.S.A.I.D. workers who have done informal surveys estimate that less than half have found full-time work, with many making less than before. An estimated third are unemployed. Others are in part-time work. The District of Columbia currently has the highest unemployment rate in the nation, at 6.7 percent, in large part because of major reductions in the federal work force, including U.S.A.I.D., and cuts to government grants and contracts.

The few former U.S.A.I.D. workers who have landed similar or better jobs don’t like to talk about it in front of unemployed friends.

“I feel guilty, honestly, that of all my colleagues who I know are still unemployed, I’m the one who found something,” said Sara Miner, 42, who was a senior adviser in the agency’s H.I.V.-AIDS office and previously ran health programs in Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Now she helps manage health and human service programs for Fairfax County, Va.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/us/politics/usaid-former-employees.html

There's a lot of former USAID people who have struggled. Still blows my mind that Congress allowed Trump to just delete the agency.

It's apparent how mediocre they are that they are not qualified for real jobs outside a sinecure.

Their entire field of work was just deleted. Give them a minute. There are no contractors because the entire realm of development work in the US was just ended. We are the laughingstock of the world not to mention growing more hated every day. Just wait until we're not the most powerful. They you'll see how much hate Trump has created towards us. He will be long since dead but the resentment he creates will be long lived.

USAID was a front for covert CIA operations. We need fewer black bag operations, not more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The New York Times had a story the other day on the front page about unemployment in DC, focusing on out of work USAID people.

"A year later, people have plowed through savings, cashed out retirement funds and moved in with friends and relatives. Former U.S.A.I.D. workers who have done informal surveys estimate that less than half have found full-time work, with many making less than before. An estimated third are unemployed. Others are in part-time work. The District of Columbia currently has the highest unemployment rate in the nation, at 6.7 percent, in large part because of major reductions in the federal work force, including U.S.A.I.D., and cuts to government grants and contracts.

The few former U.S.A.I.D. workers who have landed similar or better jobs don’t like to talk about it in front of unemployed friends.

“I feel guilty, honestly, that of all my colleagues who I know are still unemployed, I’m the one who found something,” said Sara Miner, 42, who was a senior adviser in the agency’s H.I.V.-AIDS office and previously ran health programs in Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Now she helps manage health and human service programs for Fairfax County, Va.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/us/politics/usaid-former-employees.html

There's a lot of former USAID people who have struggled. Still blows my mind that Congress allowed Trump to just delete the agency.

It's apparent how mediocre they are that they are not qualified for real jobs outside a sinecure.

Their entire field of work was just deleted. Give them a minute. There are no contractors because the entire realm of development work in the US was just ended. We are the laughingstock of the world not to mention growing more hated every day. Just wait until we're not the most powerful. They you'll see how much hate Trump has created towards us. He will be long since dead but the resentment he creates will be long lived.

USAID was a front for covert CIA operations. We need fewer black bag operations, not more.

Not all of it was. And the NGOs they funded were most certainly not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The New York Times had a story the other day on the front page about unemployment in DC, focusing on out of work USAID people.

"A year later, people have plowed through savings, cashed out retirement funds and moved in with friends and relatives. Former U.S.A.I.D. workers who have done informal surveys estimate that less than half have found full-time work, with many making less than before. An estimated third are unemployed. Others are in part-time work. The District of Columbia currently has the highest unemployment rate in the nation, at 6.7 percent, in large part because of major reductions in the federal work force, including U.S.A.I.D., and cuts to government grants and contracts.

The few former U.S.A.I.D. workers who have landed similar or better jobs don’t like to talk about it in front of unemployed friends.

“I feel guilty, honestly, that of all my colleagues who I know are still unemployed, I’m the one who found something,” said Sara Miner, 42, who was a senior adviser in the agency’s H.I.V.-AIDS office and previously ran health programs in Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Now she helps manage health and human service programs for Fairfax County, Va.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/us/politics/usaid-former-employees.html

There's a lot of former USAID people who have struggled. Still blows my mind that Congress allowed Trump to just delete the agency.

It's apparent how mediocre they are that they are not qualified for real jobs outside a sinecure.

Their entire field of work was just deleted. Give them a minute. There are no contractors because the entire realm of development work in the US was just ended. We are the laughingstock of the world not to mention growing more hated every day. Just wait until we're not the most powerful. They you'll see how much hate Trump has created towards us. He will be long since dead but the resentment he creates will be long lived.

It is a plus for the entire world that this field has been wiped out and all of these overpaid mediocrities can go to Amazon warehouses, which is all they are qualified to do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The New York Times had a story the other day on the front page about unemployment in DC, focusing on out of work USAID people.

"A year later, people have plowed through savings, cashed out retirement funds and moved in with friends and relatives. Former U.S.A.I.D. workers who have done informal surveys estimate that less than half have found full-time work, with many making less than before. An estimated third are unemployed. Others are in part-time work. The District of Columbia currently has the highest unemployment rate in the nation, at 6.7 percent, in large part because of major reductions in the federal work force, including U.S.A.I.D., and cuts to government grants and contracts.

The few former U.S.A.I.D. workers who have landed similar or better jobs don’t like to talk about it in front of unemployed friends.

“I feel guilty, honestly, that of all my colleagues who I know are still unemployed, I’m the one who found something,” said Sara Miner, 42, who was a senior adviser in the agency’s H.I.V.-AIDS office and previously ran health programs in Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Now she helps manage health and human service programs for Fairfax County, Va.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/us/politics/usaid-former-employees.html

There's a lot of former USAID people who have struggled. Still blows my mind that Congress allowed Trump to just delete the agency.

It's apparent how mediocre they are that they are not qualified for real jobs outside a sinecure.

Their entire field of work was just deleted. Give them a minute. There are no contractors because the entire realm of development work in the US was just ended. We are the laughingstock of the world not to mention growing more hated every day. Just wait until we're not the most powerful. They you'll see how much hate Trump has created towards us. He will be long since dead but the resentment he creates will be long lived.

It is a plus for the entire world that this field has been wiped out and all of these overpaid mediocrities can go to Amazon warehouses, which is all they are qualified to do.

The families of the hundreds of thousands who have died due to the elimination of this agency would beg to differ.

https://hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-shutdown-has-led-to-hundreds-of-thousands-of-deaths/

They might even call you heartless.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The New York Times had a story the other day on the front page about unemployment in DC, focusing on out of work USAID people.

"A year later, people have plowed through savings, cashed out retirement funds and moved in with friends and relatives. Former U.S.A.I.D. workers who have done informal surveys estimate that less than half have found full-time work, with many making less than before. An estimated third are unemployed. Others are in part-time work. The District of Columbia currently has the highest unemployment rate in the nation, at 6.7 percent, in large part because of major reductions in the federal work force, including U.S.A.I.D., and cuts to government grants and contracts.

The few former U.S.A.I.D. workers who have landed similar or better jobs don’t like to talk about it in front of unemployed friends.

“I feel guilty, honestly, that of all my colleagues who I know are still unemployed, I’m the one who found something,” said Sara Miner, 42, who was a senior adviser in the agency’s H.I.V.-AIDS office and previously ran health programs in Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Now she helps manage health and human service programs for Fairfax County, Va.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/us/politics/usaid-former-employees.html

There's a lot of former USAID people who have struggled. Still blows my mind that Congress allowed Trump to just delete the agency.

It's apparent how mediocre they are that they are not qualified for real jobs outside a sinecure.

Their entire field of work was just deleted. Give them a minute. There are no contractors because the entire realm of development work in the US was just ended. We are the laughingstock of the world not to mention growing more hated every day. Just wait until we're not the most powerful. They you'll see how much hate Trump has created towards us. He will be long since dead but the resentment he creates will be long lived.

It is a plus for the entire world that this field has been wiped out and all of these overpaid mediocrities can go to Amazon warehouses, which is all they are qualified to do.

The dumb ass on the bar stool weighs in

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The New York Times had a story the other day on the front page about unemployment in DC, focusing on out of work USAID people.

"A year later, people have plowed through savings, cashed out retirement funds and moved in with friends and relatives. Former U.S.A.I.D. workers who have done informal surveys estimate that less than half have found full-time work, with many making less than before. An estimated third are unemployed. Others are in part-time work. The District of Columbia currently has the highest unemployment rate in the nation, at 6.7 percent, in large part because of major reductions in the federal work force, including U.S.A.I.D., and cuts to government grants and contracts.

The few former U.S.A.I.D. workers who have landed similar or better jobs don’t like to talk about it in front of unemployed friends.

“I feel guilty, honestly, that of all my colleagues who I know are still unemployed, I’m the one who found something,” said Sara Miner, 42, who was a senior adviser in the agency’s H.I.V.-AIDS office and previously ran health programs in Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Now she helps manage health and human service programs for Fairfax County, Va.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/us/politics/usaid-former-employees.html

There's a lot of former USAID people who have struggled. Still blows my mind that Congress allowed Trump to just delete the agency.

It's apparent how mediocre they are that they are not qualified for real jobs outside a sinecure.

Their entire field of work was just deleted. Give them a minute. There are no contractors because the entire realm of development work in the US was just ended. We are the laughingstock of the world not to mention growing more hated every day. Just wait until we're not the most powerful. They you'll see how much hate Trump has created towards us. He will be long since dead but the resentment he creates will be long lived.

It is a plus for the entire world that this field has been wiped out and all of these overpaid mediocrities can go to Amazon warehouses, which is all they are qualified to do.

Look at the people who run the Trump administration. It's not even the D List of Republicans. It's the bottom of the barrel people because no one else wanted the word "Trump" on their resume. They can't give away some of these jobs that used to be the apex of people's careers.